- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- January 12, 1952
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Walter Mosley
Walter Ellis Mosley is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California; they are perhaps his most popular works. In 2020, Mosley received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, making him the first black male to receive the honor.
Filmography
tvThe Lowdown
2025 · Writer
movieThe Man in My Basement
2025 · Novel, Screenplay
movieBlue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
2025 · Self
tvJustified: City Primeval
2023 · Consulting Producer
tvThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
2022 · Executive Producer, Novel, Creator
movieToni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019 · Self
tvSnowfall
2017 · Writer, Teleplay
tvO.J.: Made in America
2016 · Self
movieO.J.: Made in America
2016 · Self
movieJack Kirby: Story Teller
2007 · Self
movieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Congressman Rawlins
movieClint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self - Writer
movieThe Middle Passage
2000 · Dialogue
movieYesterday's Tomorrows
1999 · Self
movieAlways Outnumbered
1998 · Executive Producer, Novel, Teleplay
movieMike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
1998 · Self
movieDevil in a Blue Dress
1995 · Novel, Associate Producer
tvFallen Angels
1993 · Story