Bret Easton Ellis

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Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique as a writer is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. His novels commonly share recurring characters. When Ellis was 21, his first novel, the controversial bestseller Less than Zero (1985), was published by Simon & Schuster. His third novel, American Psycho (1991), was his most successful. Upon its release, the literary establishment widely condemned it as overly violent and misogynistic. Though many petitions to ban the book saw Ellis dropped by Simon & Schuster, the resounding controversy convinced Alfred A. Knopf to release it as a paperback later that year. Ellis's novels have become increasingly metafictional. Lunar Park (2005), a pseudo-memoir and ghost story, received positive reviews. Imperial Bedrooms (2010), marketed as a sequel to Less than Zero, continues in this vein. The Shards (2023) is a fictionalized memoir of Ellis's final year of high school in 1981 in Los Angeles. Four of Ellis's works have been made into films. Less than Zero was adapted in 1987 as a film of the same name, but the film bore little resemblance to the novel. Mary Harron's adaptation of American Psycho was released in 2000. Roger Avary's adaptation of The Rules of Attraction was released in 2002. The Informers, co-written by Ellis and based on his collection of short stories, was released in 2008. Ellis also wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film The Canyons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bret Easton Ellis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2026
The Shards
TV show Executive Producer
2024
Sebastian
Movie Self (Archive Footage)
2024
BRATS
Movie Self
2022
The End of the World
Movie
2021
Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis
Movie Self - Writer
2021
Smiley Face Killers
Movie Writer
2020
Kill, Kobek... Kill!
Movie Bret Easton Ellis
2019
The Loser
Movie Him
2019
The Arrangement
Movie Screenplay
2019
Less than Zero
Movie Executive Producer
2018
Generation Wealth
Movie Self
2017
78/52
Movie Self
2016
The Deleted
TV show Interviewer (voice)
2016
Figaro
Movie Director
2015
The Curse of Downers Grove
Movie Screenplay
2015
Orpheus
Movie Director