James Ellroy
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1948 · age 78
Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) and L.A. Confidential (1990).
James Ellroy is read about 723 times a day, in 37 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 113 days, one point a day.
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Curtis Hanson Directed Wonder Boys and L.A. Confidential
Arnon Milchan Produced L.A. Confidential and Street Kings
David Ayer Directed Street Kings (2008)
Brian De Palma Directed The Black Dahlia (2006)
Scott Rudin Produced Wonder Boys (2000)
Graham Beckel James wrote L.A. Confidential (1997)
Art Linson Produced The Black Dahlia (2006)
Oren Moverman Directed Rampart (2011)
Boaz Davidson Produced The Black Dahlia (2006)
James B. Harris Directed Cop (1988)
Ron Shelton Directed Dark Blue (2002)
Avi Lerner Produced The Black Dahlia (2006)
Eric Laneuville Directed L.A. Confidential (2003)- David L. Wolper Produced L.A. Confidential (1997)
Jack Conley Also in L.A. Confidential and Brown's Requiem
Sean Daniel Produced Dark Blue (2002)
James Jacks Produced Dark Blue (2002)
David Anspaugh Directed L.A. County 187 (2003)
Walon Green Produced L.A. Confidential (2003)
Dominique Manotti Influenced by James
Erwin Stoff Produced Street Kings (2008)
Alexandra Milchan Produced Street Kings (2008)
Ken Kao Produced Rampart (2011)
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
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Born 1948 · age 78
