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Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis is the author of six novels including Less Than Zero, The Rules of AttractionAmerican Psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park and Imperial Bedrooms, and a collection of stories, The Informers. His works have been translated into 30 languages. He wrote the original screenplay for Paul Schrader’s The Canyons, and Less Than ZeroThe Rules of Attraction, American Psycho and The Informers have all been made into films. He also hosts a podcast about movies, The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, on PodcastOne.com. He lives in Los Angeles.

The Way We Get By: Bret Easton Ellis on The Hills and The Crown

The legendary novelist and screenwriter is turning to two very different TV shows as a way of finding a place of calm during coronavirus lockdown.

April 13, 2020

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks James Ponsoldt’s The End of the Tour

The literary icon offers his personal take on (and problems with) this new movie about the late David Foster Wallace.

August 11, 2015

Novelist and Screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (The Canyons) Talks Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

One of Thomas Pynchon's novels is finally brought to the big screen, but can even of the greatest American cinematic visionaries do it justice?

December 12, 2014