Bret Easton Ellis

Known for WritingBorn 1964-03-07 (age 62)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Orpheus

American Psycho

Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat

78/52

Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis

Behind the Scenes of All That Glitters

Generation Wealth

Sebastian

Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis

Less Than Zero

Her: Love in the Modern Age

BRATS

The Loser

The Rules of Attraction

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Replacement Child

Central Park West

The Curse of Downers Grove

The Informers

Tout le monde en parle

The Deleted

The Canyons

This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis

Less than Zero

Smiley Face Killers

The Shards

The End of the World

Kill, Kobek... Kill!

The Arrangement

Figaro

Glamorama

Placebo: Loud Like Love

Placebo: Too Many Friends

Relapse

American Psycho

Bait

The Follower