William Faulkner

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William Faulkner

Writing September 25, 1897

New Albany, Mississippi, USA

William Faulkner, one of the 20th century's most gifted novelists, wrote for the movies in part because he could not make enough money from his novels and short stories to support…

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The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

7.6 1946 Movie
To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not

7.5 1945 Movie
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

7.0 1958 Movie
Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs

6.5 1955 Movie
The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

6.8 1957 Movie
As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

5.2 2013 Movie
The Southerner

The Southerner

6.6 1945 Movie
The Reivers

The Reivers

6.4 1969 Movie
Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan

6.8 1948 Movie
Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust

7.3 1949 Movie
The Story of Temple Drake

The Story of Temple Drake

6.5 1933 Movie

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William Faulkner, one of the 20th century's most gifted novelists, wrote for the movies in part because he could not make enough money from his novels and short stories to support his growing number of dependants. The author of such acclaimed novels as "The Sound and the Fury" and "Absalom, Absalom!", Faulkner received official screen credits for just six theatrical releases, five of which were with director Howard Hawks. Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1949 and he received two Pulitzer Prizes, for "A Fable" in '1955 and "The Reivers", which was published shortly before he died in 1962.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    The Past Is Never Dead: The Story of William Faulkner

    Movie Self

  2. 2018
    As I Lay Dying

    Movie Novel

  3. 2018
    Mississippi Requiem

    Movie Story

  4. 2015
    The Sound and the Fury

    Movie Novel

  5. 2013
    As I Lay Dying

    Movie Novel

  6. 2003
    Two Soldiers

    Movie Short Story

  7. 2001
    The Arsonist

    Movie Story

  8. 1997
    Old Man

    Movie Novel

  9. 1991
    The Leg

    Movie Novel

  10. 1985
    The Long Hot Summer

    TV show Novel

  11. 1983
    A Rose for Emily

    Movie Writer

  12. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Short Story

  13. 1980
    Tandis que j’agonise

    Movie Original Film Writer

  14. 1980
    Barn Burning

    Movie Short Story

  15. 1980
    The Bear

    Movie Original Story

  16. 1972
    Tomorrow

    Movie Story

More credits
  1. 1971
    Beatrice Kolding

    Movie Short Story

  2. 1969
    The Reivers

    Movie Novel

  3. 1965
    William Faulkner's Mississippi

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 1961
    Sanctuary

    Movie Novel

  5. 1959
    The Sound and the Fury

    Movie Novel

  6. 1958
    Old Man

    Movie Novel

  7. 1958
    The Long, Hot Summer

    Movie Short Story

  8. 1957
    The Tarnished Angels

    Movie Novel

  9. 1955
    Land of the Pharaohs

    Movie Writer

  10. 1955
    Impressions of Japan

    Movie Self

  11. 1952
    William Faulkner on his native soil in Oxford, Mississippi

    Movie Self

  12. 1949
    Intruder in the Dust

    Movie Novel

  13. 1948
    Adventures of Don Juan

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1946
    The Big Sleep

    Movie Screenplay

  15. 1945
    The Southerner

    Movie Writer

  16. 1945
    To Have and Have Not

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1943
    Northern Pursuit

    Movie Writer

  18. 1943
    Background to Danger

    Movie Writer

  19. 1937
    Slave Ship

    Movie Story

  20. 1936
    The Road to Glory

    Movie Screenplay

  21. 1933
    The Story of Temple Drake

    Movie Novel

  22. 1933
    Today We Live

    Movie Dialogue