James Ellroy
Known for WritingBorn 1948-03-04Los Angeles, California, USA
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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).
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Known for
Wonder Boys
2000 · as Wordfest Party Guest
Feast of Death
2001 · as Self
Stay Clean
2002 · as Right
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006 · as Self
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · as Self
Shadows of Suspense
2006 · as Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · as Self
Ellroy vs L.A.
2025 · as Self (Footage archive)
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction
1993 · as Self
Bazaar Bizarre: The Strange Case of Serial Killer Bob Berdella
2004 · as Himself
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
1995 · as self
James Ellroy: American Dog
2006 · as Self
The Truth about Black Dahlia
2007 · as archive footage
Black Dahlia Confidential
2004
Los Angeles narrates
2017 · as Self
Los Angeles Film Noir
2015 · as Himself
Vakvagany
2002 · as Himself
A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers
2013 · as Self