List of films based on arts books
This is a list of films based on arts books.
Circus
Performers
Fine art
Life models
- * TV movie.
Literature
Authors (fiction)
- * TV movie.
Authors (non-fiction)
- ♠ Certain authors have written well-known fiction, in addition to their non-fiction.
- † Dramatized documentary.
Authors (ghostwriting)
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| Winchell * | 1998 | Paul Mazursky | US | Winchell: His Life and Times | Herman Klurfeld | 1976 | Non-fiction | Herman Klurfeld |
| The Ghost Writer | 2010 | Roman Polanski | France, Germany, UK | The Ghost | Robert Harris | 2007 | Novel | - |
| The Front | 1976 | Martin Ritt | US | Inside Out: A Memoir of the Blacklist | Walter Bernstein | 1996 | Memoir | Hollywood blacklist |
- * TV movie.
Scriptwriters
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| Tune In Tomorrow | 1990 | John Amiel | US | Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter | Mario Vargas Llosa | 1977 | Novel/ Memoir | Mario Vargas Llosa |
Publishers
| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work | Author | Date | Type | Basis |
| Bright Lights, Big City | 1988 | James Bridges | US | Bright Lights, Big City | Jay McInerney | 1984 | Novel | - |
| The Devil Wears Prada | 2006 | David Frankel | US | The Devil Wears Prada | Lauren Weisberger | 2003 | Novel | Anna Wintour |