Writer Movies

When her steamy Ph.D. thesis becomes a best-selling movie property, Julie Todd discovers that Hollywood wants more than just her book. She herself is...

This feature doc profiles acclaimed writer Alistair MacLeod. Hailed internationally as a master of the short story, MacLeod also wrote a novel, No...

After reading the works written by Balachandran, a publisher encourages him to publish a book. However, he struggles a lot as he faces a writer's...

Arnon Grunberg leaves his parental home in Amsterdam South when he is eighteen. He wants to become an actor and escape his childhood nest, his...

A writer with a writer's block is tormented by his lack of inspiration. His girlfriend shows up and talks to him about his writing and her father....

Documentary about the author Jan Myrdal and his strange friendship with Lasse Diding, founder of the Jan Myrdal Society.

With less than 9 hours left, a writer struggling with writer's block must find creative inspiration before it's too late.

A documentary recreating the life and writings of celebrated Irish author James Joyce with readings from his most famous works filmed on location in...

In this artistic exploration of the life and work of writer Henry Miller, filmmaker Joe Kishton skillfully weaves clips of films and interviews of...

Raghavan, a simple and lonely man, comes out of jail. His life changes after he meets Anjali, a journalist who wants to prove herself professionally.

Amidst his wife’s flourishing career, a once hotshot director turned stay-at-home dad becomes convinced his hands are inexplicably shrinking....

An embittered journalist returns home to Hobart after losing his Melbourne magazine job. With nothing to do except think about his next move, he...

A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...

Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

A biographical documentary of musician/author Kinky Friedman.

Portrait of Marceline Loridan-Ivens, a writer and filmmaker who survived the Holocaust.

The Heart Stays tells the story of two Native American sisters who leave the traditions and safety of their Native nation to follow their own...

Peter von Bagh's documentary about Juhani Aho and people around him.

Documentary about the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges, from his own memories and reflections.

A queer memoirist's rise to fame turns into a chilling nightmare when he hires a medium to stop the traumatic voices in his head, at the moral cost...