James Ellroy
Known for: Writing
Born: March 4, 1948
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a so-called "telegraphic" prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987), The Big Nowhere (1988), L.A. Confidential (1990), White Jazz (1992), American Tabloid (1995), The Cold Six Thousand (2001), and Blood's a Rover (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ellroy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
31 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Ellroy vs L.A.
2025
5.0
Iconic America
2023
6.0
Ronald Reagan, un président sur mesure
2017
NR
Los Angeles narrates
2017
6.5
Los Angeles Film Noir
2015
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
7.5
A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers
2013
5.5
Rampart
2011NR
The Cost of Living: Creating the Prowler
2011
6.1
C à vous
2009
8.0
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
20085.0
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
6.7
Street Kings
2008
7.3
The Truth about Black Dahlia
2007
4.5
James Ellroy: American Dog
2006
5.6
The Black Dahlia
2006
NR
Shadows of Suspense
2006
7.1
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
8.0
Black Dahlia Confidential
2004
4.0
Bazaar Bizarre: The Strange Case of Serial Killer Bob Berdella
2004
7.0
Leçon de Cinéma
2004
5.4
L.A. Confidential
2003
7.0
L.A. County 187
2003
6.2
Dark Blue
20028.5
Vakvagany
20027.0
Stay Clean
2002
6.3
Feast of Death
2001NR
Besuch bei James Ellroy
2001
6.8
Wonder Boys
2000
4.5
Brown's Requiem
1998
7.8
L.A. Confidential
1997
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
7.0
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
1995
NR
White Jazz
1995
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
6.6
Fallen Angels
1993
8.0
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction
1993
6.3
Cop
1988NR
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