List of films based on film books

This is a list of films that are based on books about films and television.

Directors and producers

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
1The Stunt Man1980Richard RushUSAThe Stunt ManPaul Brodeur1970 [1]¤Novel-
2White Hunter Black Heart1990Clint EastwoodUSAWhite Hunter Black HeartPeter Viertel1953NovelJohn Huston (simulacrum)
3My Father's Glory1990Yves RobertFranceLa Gloire de mon pèreMarcel Pagnol1957Novel/
Memoir
Marcel Pagnol
4My Mother's Castle1990Yves RobertFranceLe Château de ma mère &
Le Temps des secrets
Marcel Pagnol1957 & 1959Novels/
Memoirs
Marcel Pagnol
5Gods and Monsters1998Bill CondonUSAFather of FrankensteinChristopher Bram1995NovelJames Whale
6One of the Hollywood Ten2000Karl FrancisSpain & UKSalt of the Earth: The Story of a FilmHerbert Biberman1965Non-fictionHerbert Biberman
7The Aviator2004Martin ScorseseUSAHoward Hughes: The Secret LifeCharles Higham1993BiographyHoward Hughes
8What Just Happened2008Barry LevinsonUSAWhat Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front LineArt Linson200?Memoir-
nLife with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows **2001Robert Allan AckermanCanada & USAMe and My Shadows: A Family MemoirLorna Luft1998MemoirVincente Minnelli
  • ** TV miniseries.

Screenwriters

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Permanent Midnight1998David VelozUSAPermanent MidnightJerry Stahl1995MemoirJerry Stahl

Actresses

FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
Mommie Dearest1981Frank PerryUSAMommie DearestChristina Crawford1978MemoirJoan Crawford
Frances1982Graeme CliffordUSAShadowlandWilliam Arnold198?"Fictional biography"Frances Farmer
Summer of Aviya1988Eli CohenIsraelSummer of AviyaGila Almagor197?Novel/
Memoir
Gila Almagor (simulacrum)
The Aviator2004Martin ScorseseUSAHoward Hughes: The Secret LifeCharles Higham1993BiographyKatharine Hepburn,
Ava Gardner
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers2004Stephen HopkinsUK & USAThe Life and Death of Peter SellersRoger Lewis1995BiographyBritt Ekland
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows **2001Robert Allan AckermanCanada & USAMe and My Shadows: A Family MemoirLorna Luft1998MemoirJudy Garland
  • ** TV miniseries.

Actors

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
1Swimming to Cambodia1987Jonathan DemmeUSASwimming to Cambodia [2]Spalding Gray1985Monologue/
Memoir
Spalding Gray
2Auto Focus2002Paul SchraderUSAThe Murder of Bob Crane: Who Killed the Star of Hogan's Heroes?Robert Graysmith1993 [1]BiographyBob Crane
3The Life and Death of Peter Sellers2004Stephen HopkinsUK & USAThe Life and Death of Peter SellersRoger Lewis1995BiographyPeter Sellers

Stuntmen

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
1The Stunt Man1980Richard RushUSAThe Stunt ManPaul Brodeur1970 [1]Novel-

Interviewers, newsreaders, hosts

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
1Frost/Nixon2008Ron HowardUSAFrost/Nixon [3]Peter Morgan2006PlayDavid Frost

Columnists and publicists

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
1Winchell *1998Paul MazurskyUSAWinchell: His Life and TimesHerman Klurfeld1976 [1]Non-fictionWalter Winchell
  • * TV movie.

Exhibitors

#FilmDateDirectorCountrySource
work
AuthorDateTypeBasis
1The Last Picture Show [4]1971Peter BogdanovichUSAThe Last Picture ShowLarry McMurtry1966Novel-

References

Notes

  1. Publication details for this title have been confirmed by the catalogue of the US Library of Congress.
    Source: Library of Congress Online Catalog.
  2. Recipient of the Obie Award in 19??.
  3. Nominated for the Tony Award in 2007.
  4. Inducted into the US National Film Registry in 1998.

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