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Lee Earle "James" Ellroy is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic 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).
Birth Name
Lee Earle Elroy
Born
Thursday, 04 March 1948
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story | Self | 2021 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
CBS Saturday Morning | Self | 2012 |
The A to Z of Crime | Self | 2011 |
James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons | Self - Host / Self | 2011 |
Mysteries at the Museum | Self - Author | 2010 |
Overheard | Self - Interviewee | 2010 |
La grande librairie | Himself | 2008 |
Mobsters | Self - Author, 'L.A. Confidential' | 2007 |
Murder by the Book | Self | 2006 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story | Self | 2021 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
CBS Saturday Morning | Self | 2012 |
The A to Z of Crime | Self | 2011 |
James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons | Self - Host / Self | 2011 |
Mysteries at the Museum | Self - Author | 2010 |
Overheard | Self - Interviewee | 2010 |
La grande librairie | Himself | 2008 |
Mobsters | Self - Author, 'L.A. Confidential' | 2007 |
Murder by the Book | Self | 2006 |
Shadows of Suspense | Self | 2006 |
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light | Self | 2006 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005 |
Bazaar Bizarre | Himself / Self - author | 2004 |
Das Bus | Self | 2003 |
Vakvagany | Himself / Self | 2002 |
James Ellroy's Feast of Death | Himself / Self | 2001 |
Wonder Boys | Wordfest Party Guest | 2000 |
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. | Self | 1995 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction | Himself / Self | 1993 |
Unsolved Mysteries | Self | 1987 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Bazaar Bizarre | 2004 |