Alverson, Charles
Entry updated 5 January 2026. Tagged: Author, Film.
(1935-2020) US screenwriter, editor and author, in UK from 1969, and Serbia from around 1998; he sometimes wrote as Chuck Alverson. He was associated with Terry Gilliam on various projects, including co-writing the script for Jabberwocky (1977) [see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below] and drafting an early version of the script for Brazil (1984). Of his fiction, mostly crime thrillers, Time Bandits (1981) novelizes the film Time Bandits (1981). [JC]
Charles Elgin Alverson
born Los Angeles, California: 13 August 1935
died Zemun, Serbia: 19 January 2020
works (highly selected)
- Time Bandits (London: Sparrow Books, 1981) [tie to the film Time Bandits: hb/]
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