Bret Easton Ellis

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-03-07 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Bret Easton Ellis

Biography

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 d...

Production

2000

1987

2008

The Informers

as Screenplay

2008

The Informers

as Author

2013

The Canyons

as Writer

2015

The Curse of Downers Grove

as Executive Producer

2015

Orpheus

as Director

-

Relapse

as Director

-

Relapse

as Writer

-

Bait

as Screenplay

2008

The Informers

as Producer

2016

Figaro

as Director

2019

The Arrangement

as Director

2019

The Arrangement

as Screenplay

2019

Less than Zero

as Executive Producer

2015

Orpheus

as Screenplay

2016

Figaro

as Screenplay

2020

2008

The Informers

as Executive Producer

2020

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American Psycho

as Executive Producer

2011

Glitterati

as Story

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