List of films based on arts books

This is a list of films based on arts books.


Architecture

Architects

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
The Fountainhead1949King VidorUSAThe FountainheadAyn Rand1943Novel-

Circus

Performers

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Dumbo α1941Ben SharpsteenUSADumboHelen Aberson193?Children's book-
Horton Hatches the Egg α1942Robert ClampettUSAHorton Hatches the EggDr. Seuss1940Children's book-
The Man Who Laughs1928Paul LeniUSAThe Man Who LaughsVictor Hugo1869Novel-
  • α Animated film.

Carnies

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
7 Faces of Dr. Lao1964George PalUSAThe Circus of Dr. LaoCharles G. Finney1935Novel-

Dance

Dancers

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Nijinsky1980Herbert RossUSALife of NijinskyRomola Nijinsky1934MemoirVaslav Nijinsky

Fine art

Painters

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Moulin Rouge1952John HustonUKMoulin RougePierre La Mure1950NovelHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Lust for Life1956Vincente MinnelliUSALust for LifeIrving Stone1934NovelVincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin
The Agony and the Ecstasy1965Carol ReedUSAThe Agony and the EcstasyIrving Stone1961NovelMichelangelo
Pollock2000Ed HarrisUSAJackson Pollock: An American Saga [1]Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith1989BiographyJackson Pollock
Frida2002Julie TaymorUSAFrida: A Biography of Frida KahloHayden Herrera1983BiographyFrida Kahlo
Girl with a Pearl Earring2003Peter WebberUK & LuxembourgGirl with a Pearl EarringTracy Chevalier1999NovelJan Vermeer
Carrington1995Christopher HamptonUK & FranceLytton Strachey: The New BiographyMichael Holroyd1994BiographyDora Carrington
Goya – oder der arge Weg der Erkenntnis1971Konrad WolfEast Germany & USSRGoya oder der arge Weg der ErkenntnisLion Feuchtwanger1951NovelFrancisco Goya

Sculptors

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Camille Claudel1988Bruno NuyttenFrance?Reine-Marie Paris198?BiographyCamille Claudel, Auguste Rodin
Savage Messiah1972Ken RussellUKSavage MessiahH.S. Ede1931BiographyHenri Gaudier-Brzeska

Life models

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
The Naked Civil Servant *1975Jack GoldUKThe Naked Civil ServantQuentin Crisp1968AutobiographyQuentin Crisp
Girl with a Pearl Earring2003Peter WebberUK & LuxembourgGirl with a Pearl EarringTracy Chevalier1999Novel"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (incognita)
  • * TV movie.

Literature

Authors (fiction)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man1962Martin RittUSANick Adams storiesErnest Hemingway [2]1920sStoriesErnest Hemingway
The Shining1980Stanley KubrickUSAThe ShiningStephen King1977Novel-
The Moderns1988Alan RudolphUSAA Moveable FeastErnest Hemingway [2]1964 (posthumous)MemoirErnest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein
Old Gringo1989Luis PuenzoUSAThe Old GringoCarlos Fuentes [3]1985NovelAmbrose Bierce
Naked Lunch1991David CronenbergCanada, UK, JapanNaked LunchWilliam S. Burroughs1959NovelWilliam S. Burroughs
Hammett1993Wim WendersUSAHammettJoe Gores1975NovelDashiell Hammett
In Love and War1996Richard AttenboroughUSAHemingway in Love and WarHenry S. Villard & James Nagel (editors)1989 [4]¤DiaryErnest Hemingway
Hamsun1996Jan TroellGermany, Norway, Sweden, DenmarkProcessen mod HamsunThorkild Hansen1978Non-fictionKnut Hamsun
RegnbuenMarie Hamsun1953Autobiography
Misery1990Rob ReinerUSAMiseryStephen King1987Novel-
Children of the Century1999Diane KurysFranceThe Confession of a Child of the CenturyAlfred de Musset1836Novel/
Memoir
George Sand, Alfred de Musset
Secret Window2004David KoeppUSASecret Window, Secret GardenStephen King1990NovellaStephen King
(simulacrum)
Capote2005Bennett MillerUSACapoteGerald Clarke199?BiographyTruman Capote, Harper Lee
Infamous2006Douglas McGrathUSACapote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall His Turbulent CareerGeorge Plimpton1997BiographyTruman Capote, Harper Lee
Miss Potter2006Chris NoonanUKThe Tale of Peter RabbitBeatrix Potter1901/
1902
Children's
book
Beatrix Potter
Daphne *2007Clare BeavanUKDaphne du Maurier: The Secret Life of the Renowned StorytellerMargaret Forster1993BiographyDaphne du Maurier
The Hours2002Stephen DaldryUSA & UKThe HoursMichael Cunningham1998NovelVirginia Woolf
  • * TV movie.

Authors (non-fiction)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Paper Lion1968Alex MarchUSAPaper LionGeorge Plimpton1967MemoirGeorge Plimpton
Reds1981Warren BeattyUSATen Days that Shook the World (uncredited)John Reed (uncredited)1919MemoirJohn Reed
Stealing Heaven1988Clive DonnerUK ?Stealing HeavenMarion Meade1979NovelPeter Abelard
Regeneration1997Gillies MacKinnonUK & CanadaRegeneration [5]Pat Barker1991NovelSiegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves
Passage2008John WalkerCanadaFatal PassageKen McGoogan2001Non-fictionCharles Dickens
Carrington1995Christopher HamptonUK & FranceLytton Strachey: The New BiographyMichael Holroyd1994BiographyLytton Strachey
Out of Africa1985Sydney PollackUSAOut of AfricaIsak Dinesen1937MemoirIsak Dinesen
  • ♠ Certain authors have written well-known fiction, in addition to their non-fiction.
  • † Dramatized documentary.

Authors (ghostwriting)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Winchell *1998Paul MazurskyUSAWinchell: His Life and TimesHerman Klurfeld1976 [4]Non-fictionHerman Klurfeld
The Ghost Writer2010Roman PolanskiFrance, Germany, UKThe GhostRobert Harris2007Novel-
The Front [6]1976Martin RittUSAInside Out: A Memoir of the Blacklist (uncredited)Walter Bernstein1996MemoirHollywood blacklist
  • * TV movie.

Authors (forgery)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
The Hoax2006Lasse HallströmUSAThe HoaxClifford Irving1981Non-fictionClifford Irving

Playwrights

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Reds1981Warren BeattyUSATen Days that Shook the World (uncredited)John Reed (uncredited)1919Non-fiction/
Memoir
Eugene O'Neill
Wilde1997Brian GilbertUKOscar Wilde [7]Richard Ellmann1989BiographyOscar Wilde
En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud1993Gérard MordillatFranceEn compagnie d'Antonin ArtaudJacques Prevel1974Journal/
Memoir
Antonin Artaud
The Trials of Oscar Wilde1960Ken HughesUKThe Stringed LuteJohn Furnell195?PlayOscar Wilde
Famous Trials: Oscar WildeMontgomery Hyde1948Non-fiction

Poets

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Beautiful Dreamers1990John Kent HarrisonCanadaWalt WhitmanMaurice Bucke1883BiographyWalt Whitman
Regeneration1997Gillies MacKinnonUK & CanadaRegeneration [5]Pat Barker1991NovelWilfred Owen
Bright Star2009Jane CampionUK, Australia, FranceKeats (uncredited)Andrew Motion1998BiographyJohn Keats
In My Country2004John BoormanUK ?Country of My SkullAntjie Krog1998MemoirAntjie Krog
Hedd Wyn1992Paul TurnerWales [8][9]Yr ArwrHedd Wyn1917PoemHedd Wyn

Scriptwriters

(radio drama)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Tune In Tomorrow1990John AmielUSAAunt Julia and the ScriptwriterMario Vargas Llosa1977Novel/
Memoir
Mario Vargas Llosa (simulacrum)

Publishers

(books and magazines)

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Bright Lights, Big City1988James BridgesUSABright Lights, Big CityJay McInerney1984Novel-
The Devil Wears Prada2006David FrankelUSAThe Devil Wears PradaLauren Weisberger2003NovelAnna Wintour (simulacrum)

Readers

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
The Jane Austen Book Club2007Robin SwicordUSAThe Jane Austen Book ClubKaren Joy Fowler2004NovelJane Austen (œuvre)
Misery1990Rob ReinerUSAMiseryStephen King1987Novel-
The Hours2002Stephen DaldryUSA & UKThe HoursMichael Cunningham1998NovelVirginia Woolf (œuvre)

Bibliophiles

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
The Ninth Gate1999Roman PolanskiPortugal, Spain, France, USAThe Club DumasArturo Pérez-Reverte1993Novel-

Magic

Magicians

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Houdini1953George MarshallUSAHoudiniHarold Kellock195?Non-fictionHarry Houdini

Music

Composers

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Voices from a Locked Room1995Malcolm ClarkeUK & USADouble JeopardyMark A. Stuart198?Novel ?Peter Warlock
Amadeus1984Miloš FormanUSAAmadeusPeter Shaffer1979PlayW. A. Mozart, Antonio Salieri

Conductors

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Taking Sides2001István SzabóFrance, UK, Germany, AustriaTaking SidesRonald Harwood1995PlayWilhelm Furtwängler
? (uncredited)Wilhelm Furtwängler (uncredited)194?Diary
Voices from a Locked Room1995Malcolm ClarkeUK & USADouble JeopardyMark A. Stuart198?Novel ?Thomas Beecham

Songwriters

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Bound for Glory1976Hal AshbyUSABound for GloryWoody Guthrie1943AutobiographyWoody Guthrie
The Buddy Holly Story1978Steve RashUSABuddy Holly: His Life and MusicJohn Goldrosen197?Non-fictionBuddy Holly
Great Balls of Fire!1989Jim McBrideUSA?Myra Lewis with Murray M. Silver, Jr.197?AutobiographyJerry Lee Lewis
The Doors1991Oliver StoneUSAnotes[10] (unpublished) for No One Here Gets Out Alive (uncredited)Jerry Hopkins & Danny Sugerman (both uncredited)1980Non-fictionJim Morrison, The Doors
Riders On The Storm: My Life With Jim Morrison and the Doors[11] (uncredited)John Densmore (uncredited)1990MemoirJohn Densmore, Jim Morrison, The Doors
Illustrated History of the Doors[11] (uncredited)Danny Sugerman (uncredited)198?Non-fictionJim Morrison, The Doors
Whale Music1994Richard J. LewisCanadaWhale Music[12]Paul Quarrington1989NovelBrian Wilson
(simulacrum)
Stoned2005Stephen WoolleyUKThe Murder of Brian JonesAnna Wohlin198?Non-fictionBrian Jones
Walk the Line2005James MangoldUSACash: The AutobiographyJohnny Cash with Patrick Carr1997AutobiographyJohnny Cash, June Carter
Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own WordsJohnny Cash1975Autobiography
Amazing Grace2006Michael AptedUK & USA"Amazing Grace"John Newton1779HymnJohn Newton
The Mambo Kings1992Arne GlimcherUSAThe Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love[13]Oscar Hijuelos1989Novel-
Crazy Heart2009Scott CooperUSACrazy HeartThomas Cobb1987NovelJennings, Kristofferson, Haggard, Thompson (composite simulacrum)

Singers

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Lady Sings the Blues1972Sidney J. FurieUSALady Sings the BluesBillie Holiday with William Dufty1956AutobiographyBillie Holiday

Instrumentalists

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Hilary and Jackie1998Anand TuckerUKA Genius in the FamilyPiers du Pré & Hilary du Pré1997MemoirJacqueline du Pré, Daniel Barenboim
Young Man with a Horn1950Michael CurtizUSAYoung Man with a HornDorothy Baker1938NovelBix Beiderbecke (simulacrum)

Radio

Performers

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Talk Radio1988Oliver StoneUSATalked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan BergStephen Singular198?Non-fiction

Stage

Burlesque

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
The Night They Raided Minsky's1968William FriedkinUSAThe Night They Raided Minsky'sRowland Barber1960NovelMinsky's Burlesque
Applause[14]1929Rouben MamoulianUSAApplauseBeth Brown1928[4]Novel-

Cabaret

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Moulin Rouge1952John HustonUKMoulin RougePierre La Mure1950NovelMoulin Rouge

Actors and actresses

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Daphne *2007Clare BeavanUKDaphne du Maurier: The Secret Life of the Renowned StorytellerMargaret Forster1993BiographyGertrude Lawrence

Stage directors

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud1993Gérard MordillatFranceEn compagnie d'Antonin ArtaudJacques Prevel1974Journal/
Memoir
Antonin Artaud

Visual arts

Photographers

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
The Bridges of Madison County1995Clint EastwoodUSAThe Bridges of Madison County aka Love in Black and WhiteRobert James Waller1992Novel-

See also

References

Notes

  1. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1991.
  2. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
  3. Fuentes was awarded the Cervantes Prize in 1987.
  4. Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the US Library of Congress. Source: Library of Congress Online Catalog.
  5. Barker's sequel, The Ghost Road, was the recipient of the Booker Prize in 1995.
  6. See List of films based on film books for more information on this title.
  7. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1989.
  8. "The BFI: Hedd Wyn (1992)". British Film Institute website. British Film Institute. 2010. Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  9. "countries within a country: Number10.go.uk". Prime Minister's Office. 10 January 2003. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  10. The families of Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson both objected to the book by Hopkins and Sugerman. The producers bought the rights to the notes, rather than the book itself. Source: Lavington (q.v.), p. 138.
  11. Source: Lavington (q.v.), p. 148.
  12. Recipient of the Governor General's Award in 1989.
  13. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1990.
  14. Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 2006.

Bibliography

  • Lavington, Stephen. Virgin Film: Oliver Stone, Virgin Books, London, 2004.
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