James Ellroy

Birthday: 4 March 1948, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name: Lee Earle Elroy

Height: 191 cm

James Ellroy was born on March 4, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Lee Earle Elroy. He is a writer and producer, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Street Kings (2008) and The Black Dahlia (2006). He was previously married to Helen Knode.

My novel The Black Dahlia (2006) will be poorly filmed in March of next year by overrated auteur Bri...Show more »

My novel The Black Dahlia (2006) will be poorly filmed in March of next year by overrated auteur Brian De Palma. Fatuously good-looking Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson will weakly star in this vehicle. The production designer is Dante Ferretti who production designed most of the great Scor-sleazy movies, so it will look very good and it will be shot by the esteemed Vilmos Zsigmond. I predict an intriguing flop...that will nevertheless sell me a shitload of books. Show less «

[on Ludwig van Beethoven] The greatest artist ever given to earth by God.

[on Zodiac (2007)] One of the half-dozen greatest American crime films.

I'm happy for the money. I'm happy for the exposure... Every once in a while there's lightning in a ...Show more »

I'm happy for the money. I'm happy for the exposure... Every once in a while there's lightning in a bottle like with 'L.A. Confidential (1997)' so we'll see what happens with The Black Dahlia (2006). Even bad movies create substantial readership for your books. Show less «

I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime writer who ever lived. I am to the crime nove...Show more »

I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime writer who ever lived. I am to the crime novel in specific what Leo Tolstoy is to the Russian novel and what Ludwig van Beethoven is to music. Show less «

James Ellroy

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