Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

  • Birthday: 1925-10-11
  • Deathday: 2013-08-20
  • Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Also know as: Elmore John Leonard Jr.

Biography

Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.

Filmography

Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"

2021

As Self (archive footage)

Production

The Return of Desperado

1988

As Creator

Be Cool

2005

As Executive Producer

Killshot

2008

As Executive Producer

Life of Crime

2013

As Executive Producer

Jackie Brown

1997

As Executive Producer

Jackie Brown

1997

As Novel

Out of Sight

1998

As Novel

Be Cool

2005

As Novel

Get Shorty

1995

As Novel

Stick

1985

As Novel

The Big Bounce

2004

As Novel

Hombre

1967

As Novel

3:10 to Yuma

1957

As Story

Joe Kidd

1972

As Writer

The Tall T

1957

As Story

Touch

1997

As Novel

Killshot

2008

As Novel

52 Pick-Up

1986

As Screenplay

52 Pick-Up

1986

As Novel

The Moonshine War

1970

As Screenplay

Border Shootout

1989

As Novel

Life of Crime

2013

As Novel

Gold Coast

1997

As Novel

Cat Chaser

1989

As Screenplay

Desperado

1987

As Writer

Cat Chaser

1989

As Novel

Valdez Is Coming

1971

As Novel

Glitz

1988

As Novel

The Big Bounce

1969

As Novel

Freaky Deaky

2012

As Novel

The Tonto Woman

2008

As Story

Split Images

1992

As Novel

The Rosary Murders

1987

As Screenplay

The Ambassador

1985

As Novel

Pronto

1997

As Novel

Stick

1985

As Screenplay

Mr. Majestyk

1974

As Writer

3:10 to Yuma

2007

As Short Story

Mr. Paradise

0000

As Book

Desperado: Badlands Justice

1989

As Characters

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