Claim: Ken Russell directed a film that was adapted from a novel by Paddy Chayefsky.
Evidence: He is best known for his Oscar-winning films Women in Love -LRB- 1969 -RRB- , The Devils -LRB- 1971 -RRB- , The Who 's Tommy -LRB- 1975 -RRB- , and the science fiction film Altered States -LRB- 1980 -RRB-.
Altered States is a 1980 American science fiction-horror film directed by Ken Russell and adapted from a novel by the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky.
The film was adapted from Chayefsky 's only novel and has his final screenplay.