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James Ellroy
Acting
Born: March 4, 1948
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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
Wonder Boys
as Wordfest Party Guest
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
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Stay Clean
as Right
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Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
Shotgun Freeway
as self
Shadows of Suspense
as Self
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Los Angeles narrates
as Self
A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers
as Self
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction
as Himself
