James Ellroy

Birthdate:
March 4, 1948
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California

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  • Movie Review: 'Street Kings'

    ...colleague Det. Paul Diskant (Chris Evans). You can also see the fingerprints of "L.A. Confidential" novelist James Ellroy, who co-wrote the screenplay (with Kurt Wimmer and Jamie Moss) and who serves up yet another deeply cynical portrait......

  • DVD Review: 'Zodiac: Director's Cut'

    ...but the actors are just spice for a separate recording session that includes screenwriter James Vanderbilt and author James Ellroy, who describes the movie as "one of the half-dozen great American crime films." There's perhaps a bit too much......

  • 'Wanted' and 'Watchman' Employ Common Sense

    ... According to The Hollywood Reporter , Common will also play a drug dealer posing as an undercover cop in James Ellroy's "The Night Watchman" (a film the other trade paper thinks has been retitled "Night Watch"). The David Ayer......

  • Off to 'Tehran' for Clooney

    ...Universal. Other projects on the company's slate include the Coen Brothers ' " Burn After Reading ," the James Ellroy adaptation "White Jazz" and John Grisham 's "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town."...

  • 'House' Star Works the 'Night' Shift

    ...since beginning his Golden Globe -winning run on "House." Laurie has booked a key supporting role in the James Ellroy-scripted, David Ayer-directed thriller "Night Watch," set up at Fox Searchlight. In addition to Laurie......

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