List of adaptations of works by Philip K. Dick

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Philip K. Dick was an American author known for his science fiction works, often with dystopian and drug-related themes. Some of his works have gone on to be adapted to films (and series) garnering much acclaim, such as the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner , which was an adaptation of Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , released three months posthumously. The only adaptation released in his lifetime was a 1962 episode of the British TV series Out of This World , based on Dick's 1953 short story "Impostor".

Other works such as the films Total Recall , Minority Report and A Scanner Darkly have also gone on to critical or commercial success, while the television series The Man in the High Castle (2015) adapted to long-form television successfully. Following the success of Netflix's science fiction short story series Black Mirror , and its own success with The Man in the High Castle, in 2017 streaming service Amazon Prime Video paired up with Channel 4 to produce a series of short stories originally released between 1953 and 1955, under the series title Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams , the only adaptation bearing the author's own name.

The following is a list of film and television adaptations of Dick's writings: [1]

Source workFilm AdaptationTV Adaptation
TitlePublishedTypeTitleReleasedDirectorSeries or Episode TitleAired
The Hood Maker 1953Short story   Julian Jarrold Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'The Hood Maker'2017
The Commuter 1953Short story   Tom Harper Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'The Commuter'2017
The Hanging Stranger 1953Short story   Dee Rees Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

episode 'Kill All Others'

2017
Second Variety 1953Short story Screamers

Screamers: The Hunting

1995

2009

Christian Duguay

Sheldon Wilson

  
Paycheck 1953Short story Paycheck 2003 John Woo   
Impostor 1953Short story Impostor 2002 Gary Fleder Out of This World episode, adapted by Terry Nation 1962
Sales Pitch 1954Short story   Marc Munden Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Crazy Diamond'2017
Exhibit Piece 1954Short story   Jeffrey Reiner Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Real Life'2017
The Father Thing 1954Short story   Michael Dinner Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'The Father Thing'2017
Adjustment Team 1954Short story The Adjustment Bureau 2011 George Nolfi   
The Golden Man 1954Short story Next 2007 Lee Tamahori   
The Crystal Crypt 1954Short story The Crystal Crypt 2013 Shahab Zargari   
The Impossible Planet 1955Short story   David Farr Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'The Impossible Planet'2017
Human Is 1955Short story   Francesca Gregorini Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Human Is'2017
Autofac 1955Short story   Peter Horton Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Autofac'2017
Foster, You're Dead! 1955Short story   Alan Taylor Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams episode 'Safe and Sound'2017
The Minority Report 1956Short story Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg Minority Report 2015
The Man in the High Castle 1962Novel   David Semel The Man in the High Castle 2015 [2] [3]
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 1966Short story Total Recall

Total Recall

1990

2012

Paul Verhoeven

Len Wiseman

Total Recall 2070 1999
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968Novel Blade Runner

Blade Runner 2049

1982

2017

Ridley Scott

Denis Villeneuve

  
Confessions of a Crap Artist 1975Novel Confessions d'un Barjo 1992 Jérôme Boivin   
Radio Free Albemuth 1976Novel Radio Free Albemuth 2010 John Alan Simon   
A Scanner Darkly 1977Novel A Scanner Darkly 2006 Richard Linklater   

Supporting references and sources

  1. Graeme McMillan - The Many and Troublesome Adaptations of Philip K. Dick (hollywoodreporter.com), June 6, 2015
  2. Adi Robertson, 2015, "Amazon green-lights The Man in the High Castle TV series," THE VERGE (online), February 18, 2015, see , accessed 27 February 2015.
  3. Hilary Lewis, 2015, "Amazon Orders 5 New Series Including 'Man in the High Castle'," The Hollywood Reporter (online), February 18, 2015, see , accessed 27 February 2015.