
Writing
Community Rating
5.8
TMDB estimate
Born
March 7, 1964 (age 62)
Born in
Los Angeles, California, USA
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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as Director, Writer
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American Psycho
as Novel, Executive Producer
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Bait
as Screenplay
TBA
The Shards
as Executive Producer, Novel
TBA
The Follower
as Creator
TBA

Sebastian
as Self (Archive Footage)
2024

BRATS
as Self
2024

The End of the World
2022

Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis
as Self - Writer
2021

Smiley Face Killers
as Writer, Producer
2021

Kill, Kobek... Kill!
as Bret Easton Ellis
2020

The Loser
as Him
2019

The Arrangement
as Screenplay, Director
2019

Less than Zero
as Executive Producer
2019

Generation Wealth
as Self
2018

78/52
as Self
2017

The Deleted
as Interviewer (voice), Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
2016

Figaro
as Director, Screenplay
2016

The Curse of Downers Grove
as Screenplay, Executive Producer
2015
Orpheus
as Director, Screenplay
2015