Elmore Leonard
Biography
Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.
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Movies (41)
Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Life of Crime
Novel (Writing)
2013
Freaky Deaky
Novel (Writing)
2012
Killshot
Novel (Writing)
2008
The Tonto Woman
Story (Writing)
2008
3:10 to Yuma
Short Story (Writing)
2007
Be Cool
Novel (Writing)
2005
The Big Bounce
Novel (Writing)
2004
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
as Self
2002
Inside 'Out of Sight'
as Himself
1998
Out of Sight
Novel (Writing)
1998
Jackie Brown
Novel (Writing)
1997
Gold Coast
Novel (Writing)
1997
Pronto
Novel (Writing)
1997
Touch
Novel (Writing)
1997
Last Stand at Saber River
Novel (Writing)
1997
Get Shorty
Novel (Writing)
1995
Split Images
Novel (Writing)
1992
Border Shootout
Novel (Writing)
1989
Desperado: Badlands Justice
Characters (Writing)
1989
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Creator (Crew)
1989
Cat Chaser
Novel (Writing)
1989
Glitz
Novel (Writing)
1988
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Creator (Crew)
1988
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge
Writer (Writing)
1988
The Return of Desperado
Creator (Crew)
1988
The Rosary Murders
Screenplay (Writing)
1987
Desperado
Writer (Writing)
1987
52 Pick-Up
Screenplay (Writing)
1986
Stick
Novel (Writing)
1985
The Ambassador
Novel (Writing)
1985
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Writer (Writing)
1980
Mr. Majestyk
Writer (Writing)
1974
Joe Kidd
Writer (Writing)
1972
Valdez Is Coming
Novel (Writing)
1971
The Moonshine War
Screenplay (Writing)
1970
The Big Bounce
Novel (Writing)
1969
Hombre
Novel (Writing)
1967
3:10 to Yuma
Short Story (Writing)
1957
The Tall T
Story (Writing)
1957
