- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- March 7, 1964
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Bret Easton Ellis
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 dropped by Simon & Schuster, the resounding controversy convinced Alfred A. Knopf to release it as a paperback later that year. Ellis's novels have become increasingly metafictional. Lunar Park (2005), a pseudo-memoir and ghost story, received positi…
Filmography
tvThe Shards
2026 · Executive Producer, Writer, Book, Creator
movieSebastian
2024 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieBRATS
2024 · Self
movieThe End of the World
2022
movieKiller, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis
2021 · Self - Writer
movieSmiley Face Killers
2021 · Writer, Producer
movieKill, Kobek... Kill!
2020 · Bret Easton Ellis
movieThe Loser
2019 · Him
movieThe Arrangement
2019 · Screenplay, Director
movieLess than Zero
2019 · Executive Producer
movieGeneration Wealth
2018 · Self
movie78/52
2017 · Self
tvThe Deleted
2016 · Interviewer (voice), Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
movieFigaro
2016 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Curse of Downers Grove
2015 · Screenplay, Executive Producer
Orpheus
2015 · Director, Screenplay
movieGlamorama
2015 · Original Story
moviePlacebo: Loud Like Love
2014 · Voice
movieHer: Love in the Modern Age
2014 · Self
movieThe Canyons
2013 · Writer
moviePlacebo: Too Many Friends
2013 · Voice
Behind the Scenes of All That Glitters
2010 · Author, Director
movieInspired by Bret Easton Ellis
2010 · Characters, Thanks
movieThe Replacement Child
2008 · Thanks
movieThe Informers
2008 · Screenplay, Author, Producer, Executive Producer
tvTout le monde en parle
2004 · Self
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
movieThe Rules of Attraction
2002 · Novel
movieFernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat
2001 · Se stesso
movieAmerican Psycho
2000 · Novel
movieThis Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis
1998 · Writer
tvCentral Park West
1995
movieLess Than Zero
1987 · Novel
movieRelapse
— · Director, Writer
movieAmerican Psycho
— · Novel, Executive Producer
Bait
— · Screenplay
The Follower
— · Creator