# List of films based on film books

This is a list of films that are based on books about the production of films and television.

## Directors and producers

| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| 1 | The Stunt Man | 1980 | Richard Rush | USA | The Stunt Man | Paul Brodeur | 1970$^¤$ | Novel | - |
| 2 | White Hunter Black Heart | 1990 | Clint Eastwood | USA | White Hunter Black Heart | Peter Viertel | 1953 | Novel | John Huston (simulacrum) |
| 3 | My Father's Glory | 1990 | Yves Robert | France | La Gloire de mon père | Marcel Pagnol | 1957 | Novel/ Memoir | Marcel Pagnol |
| 4 | My Mother's Castle | 1990 | Yves Robert | France | Le Château de ma mère & Le Temps des secrets | Marcel Pagnol | 1957 & 1959 | Novels/ Memoirs | Marcel Pagnol |
| 5 | Gods and Monsters | 1998 | Bill Condon | USA | Father of Frankenstein | Christopher Bram | 1995 | Novel | James Whale |
| 6 | One of the Hollywood Ten | 2000 | Karl Francis | Spain & UK | Salt of the Earth: The Story of a Film | Herbert Biberman | 1965 | Non-fiction | Herbert Biberman |
| 7 | The Aviator | 2004 | Martin Scorsese | USA | Howard Hughes: The Secret Life | Charles Higham | 1993 | Biography | Howard Hughes |
| 8 | What Just Happened | 2008 | Barry Levinson | USA | What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line | Art Linson | 200? | Memoir | - |
| n | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows ** | 2001 | Robert Allan Ackerman | Canada & USA | Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir | Lorna Luft | 1998 | Memoir | Vincente Minnelli |
* ** TV miniseries.

### Screenwriters

| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| Permanent Midnight | 1998 | David Veloz | USA | Permanent Midnight | Jerry Stahl | 1995 | Memoir | Jerry Stahl |

### Actresses

| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| Mommie Dearest | 1981 | Frank Perry | USA | Mommie Dearest | Christina Crawford | 1978 | Memoir | Joan Crawford |
| Frances | 1982 | Graeme Clifford | USA | Shadowland | William Arnold | 198? | "Fictional biography" | Frances Farmer |
| Summer of Aviya | 1988 | Eli Cohen | Israel | Summer of Aviya | Gila Almagor | 197? | Novel/ Memoir | Gila Almagor (simulacrum) |
| The Aviator | 2004 | Martin Scorsese | USA | Howard Hughes: The Secret Life | Charles Higham | 1993 | Biography | Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | 2004 | Stephen Hopkins | UK & USA | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Roger Lewis | 1995 | Biography | Britt Ekland |
| Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows ** | 2001 | Robert Allan Ackerman | Canada & USA | Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir | Lorna Luft | 1998 | Memoir | Judy Garland |
* ** TV miniseries.

### Actors

| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| 1 | Swimming to Cambodia | 1987 | Jonathan Demme | USA | Swimming to Cambodia | Spalding Gray | 1985 | Monologue/ Memoir | Spalding Gray |
| 2 | Auto Focus | 2002 | Paul Schrader | USA | The Murder of Bob Crane: Who Killed the Star of Hogan's Heroes? | Robert Graysmith | 1993 | Biography | Bob Crane |
| 3 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | 2004 | Stephen Hopkins | UK & USA | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Roger Lewis | 1995 | Biography | Peter Sellers |

### Stuntmen

| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| 1 | The Stunt Man | 1980 | Richard Rush | USA | The Stunt Man | Paul Brodeur | 1970 | Novel | - |

### Interviewers, newsreaders, hosts

| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| 1 | Frost/Nixon | 2008 | Ron Howard | USA | Frost/Nixon | Peter Morgan | 2006 | Play | David Frost |

### Columnists and publicists

| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| 1 | Winchell * | 1998 | Paul Mazursky | USA | Winchell: His Life and Times | Herman Klurfeld | 1976 | Non-fiction | Walter Winchell |
* * TV movie.

### Exhibitors

| # | Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| 1 | The Last Picture Show | 1971 | Peter Bogdanovich | USA | The Last Picture Show | Larry McMurtry | 1966 | Novel | - |