Elmore Leonard

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

5

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-10-11

Deathday

2013-08-20 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

  • Elmore John Leonard Jr.

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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Production

2013
Life of Crime as Executive Producer
2010
Justified as Executive Producer
2008
Killshot as Executive Producer
2005
Be Cool as Executive Producer
1997
Jackie Brown as Executive Producer

Writing

Mr. Paradise as Book
2023
Justified: City Primeval as Book
2017
Get Shorty as Novel
2013
Life of Crime as Novel
2012
Freaky Deaky as Novel
2010
Justified as Story
2010
Justified as Writer
2008
Killshot as Novel
2008
The Tonto Woman as Story
2007
3:10 to Yuma as Short Story
2005
Be Cool as Novel
2004
The Big Bounce as Novel
2003
Karen Sisco as Novel
2003
Karen Sisco as Characters
1998
Out of Sight as Novel
1997
Jackie Brown as Novel
1997
Gold Coast as Novel
1997
Pronto as Novel
1997
Touch as Novel
1997
Last Stand at Saber River as Novel
1995
Get Shorty as Novel
1992
Split Images as Novel
1989
Border Shootout as Novel
1989
Desperado: Badlands Justice as Characters
1989
Cat Chaser as Novel
1989
Cat Chaser as Screenplay
1988
Glitz as Novel
1988
Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge as Writer
1987
The Rosary Murders as Screenplay
1987
Desperado as Writer
1986
52 Pick-Up as Screenplay
1986
52 Pick-Up as Novel
1985
Stick as Novel
1985
Stick as Screenplay
1985
The Ambassador as Novel
1980
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane as Writer
1974
Mr. Majestyk as Writer
1972
Joe Kidd as Writer
1971
Valdez Is Coming as Novel
1970
The Moonshine War as Screenplay
1969
The Big Bounce as Novel
1967
Hombre as Novel
1957
3:10 to Yuma as Story
1957
The Tall T as Story
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Story
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