
James Ellroy
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ellroy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Credits

Wonder Boys (2000)
as Wordfest Party Guest
Stay Clean (2002)
as Right

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006)
as Self

The Truth about Black Dahlia (2007)
as archive footage

Black Dahlia Confidential (2004)
Actor

Feast of Death (2001)
as Self

Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' (2008)
as Self

Shadows of Suspense (2006)
as Self

James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction (1993)
as Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' (2008)
as Self

Los Angeles narrates (2017)
as Self

James Ellroy: American Dog (2006)
as Self

Ellroy vs L.A. (2025)
as Self (Footage archive)

Bazaar Bizarre: The Strange Case of Serial Killer Bob Berdella (2004)
as Himself

Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995)
as self
Besuch bei James Ellroy (2001)
as Self
Vakvagany (2002)
as Himself

White Jazz (1995)
as Self

Los Angeles Film Noir (2015)
as Himself

A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers (2013)
as Self
The Cost of Living: Creating the Prowler (2011)
Actor

Ronald Reagan, un président sur mesure (2017)
Actor





