12 Facts About Larry DiTillio

Lawrence G DiTillio was an American film, TV series, and tabletop role-playing game writer.

Larry DiTillio's creations include He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword and the award-winning Masks of Nyarlathotep.

Larry DiTillio attended the film school at New York University for four years.

Larry DiTillio then spent an additional two years at UCLA's film school.

Larry DiTillio knocked on agency doors until he found an agent willing and able to find him work as a film writer.

Larry DiTillio wrote for both television and movies in the 1970s, including a stint on Filmation's Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.

Larry DiTillio then became a staff writer for the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series and over its two seasons, wrote 17 episodes, more than anyone else.

Larry DiTillio collaborated with Lynn Willis to create the world-spanning campaign Masks of Nyarlathotep for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu, which author Shannon Appelcine states is considered one of the best roleplaying adventures of all time, and won an Origins Award.

Larry DiTillio created the show bible for the spinoff show and invented most of the character names.

Straczynski later recalled the considerable time Larry DiTillio spent writing character background for the show.

In 1993, Larry DiTillio worked with Straczynski again, this time on the science-fiction series Babylon 5, with Straczynski as producer and Larry DiTillio the executive story editor.

Larry DiTillio worked on the animated series Beast Wars, writing or co-writing most of the episodes.