List of films based on film books

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

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Directors and producers

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# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Basis
1 The Stunt Man 1980 Richard Rush USA The Stunt Man Paul Brodeur 1970 [1]¤ Novel -
2 White Hunter Black Heart 1990 Clint Eastwood USA White Hunter Black Heart Peter Viertel 1953 Novel John Huston (simulacrum)
3 My Father's Glory 1990 Yves Robert France La Gloire de mon père Marcel Pagnol 1957 Novel/
Memoir		 Marcel Pagnol
4 My Mother's Castle 1990 Yves Robert France Le Château de ma mère &
Le Temps des secrets		 Marcel Pagnol 1957 & 1959 Novels/
Memoirs		 Marcel Pagnol
5 Gods and Monsters 1998 Bill Condon USA Father of Frankenstein Christopher Bram 1995 Novel James Whale
6 One of the Hollywood Ten 2000 Karl Francis Spain & UK Salt of the Earth: The Story of a Film Herbert Biberman 1965 Non-fiction Herbert Biberman
7 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese USA Howard Hughes: The Secret Life Charles Higham 1993 Biography Howard Hughes
8 What Just Happened 2008 Barry Levinson USA What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line Art Linson 200? Memoir -
n Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows ** 2001 Robert Allan Ackerman Canada & USA Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir Lorna Luft 1998 Memoir Vincente Minelli

Screenwriters

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Basis
1 The Front 1976 Martin Ritt USA Inside Out: A Memoir of the Blacklist ♠ (uncredited) Walter Bernstein 1996 Memoir Hollywood blacklist
2 Permanent Midnight 1998 David Veloz USA Permanent Midnight Jerry Stahl 1995 Memoir Jerry Stahl

Actresses

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Basis
1 Mommie Dearest 1981 Frank Perry USA Mommie Dearest Christina Crawford 1978 Memoir Joan Crawford
2 Frances 1982 Graeme Clifford USA Shadowland William Arnold 198? "Fictional biography" Frances Farmer
3 Summer of Aviya
הקיץ של אביה		 1988 Eli Cohen Israel Summer of Aviya Gila Almagor 197? Novel/
Memoir		 Gila Almagor (simulacrum)
4 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese USA Howard Hughes: The Secret Life Charles Higham 1993 Biography Katharine Hepburn,
Ava Gardner
5 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004 Stephen Hopkins UK & USA The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Roger Lewis 1995 Biography Britt Ekland
n Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows ** 2001 Robert Allan Ackerman Canada & USA Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir Lorna Luft 1998 Memoir Judy Garland

Actors

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Basis
1 Swimming to Cambodia 1987 Jonathan Demme USA Swimming to Cambodia [2] Spalding Gray 1985 Monologue/
Memoir		 Spalding Gray
2 Auto Focus 2002 Paul Schrader USA The Murder of Bob Crane: Who Killed the Star of Hogan's Heroes? Robert Graysmith 1993 [1] Biography Bob Crane
3 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004 Stephen Hopkins UK & USA The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Roger Lewis 1995 Biography Peter Sellers

Stuntmen

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Basis
1 The Stunt Man 1980 Richard Rush USA The Stunt Man Paul Brodeur 1970 [1] Novel -

Extras

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Basis

Interviewers, newsreaders, hosts

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Basis
1 Frost/Nixon 2008 Ron Howard USA Frost/Nixon [3] Peter Morgan 2006 Play David Frost

Columnists and publicists

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Basis
1 Winchell * 1998 Paul Mazursky USA Winchell: His Life and Times Herman Klurfeld 1976 [1] Non-fiction Walter Winchell

Exhibitors

# Film Date Director Country Source
work		 Author Date Type Basis
1 The Last Picture Show [4] 1971 Peter Bogdanovich USA The Last Picture Show Larry McMurtry 1966 Novel -

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d 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.

Bibliography

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