Adapting your own novel
Films directed by the author who adapts his or her own written literary work.
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- DirectorDalton TrumboStarsTimothy BottomsKathy FieldsMarsha HuntDuring World War I, a patriotic young American is rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack. Trapped in what's left of his body, he desperately looks for a way to end his life.Dalton Trumbo form the novel of same name.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsAndrew RobinsonClare HigginsAshley LaurenceA woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.Clive Barker from his novel 'The Hellbound Heart'
- DirectorDavid MametStarsWilliam H. MacyDebra EisenstadtDiego PinedaWhen a student visits her professor to discuss how she failed his course, the discussion takes an awkward turn.David Mamet from his play of same name.
- DirectorVirginie DespentesCoralie Trinh ThiStarsRaffaëla AndersonKaren LancaumeCéline BeugnotTwo young women, marginalised by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence. Breaking norms and killing men - and shattering the complacency of polite cinema audiences.Virginia Depentes from her novel of same name.
- DirectorJohn Cameron MitchellStarsJohn Cameron MitchellMiriam ShorStephen TraskA gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.John Cameron Mittchel from his book of same name.
- DirectorVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena RowlandsA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.Marjane Satrapi from her graphic novel of same name.
- DirectorFrédéric BeigbederStarsLouise BourgoinGaspard ProustJoeyStarrA look at the dissolution of a marriage.Frédérique Beigbeder from his novel of same name.
- DirectorMichel HouellebecqStarsBenoît MagimelPatrick BauchauJordi DauderA futuristic story about a man and his clone.Michel Houellebecq from his novel of same name.
- DirectorJohn Patrick ShanleyStarsMeryl StreepPhilip Seymour HoffmanAmy AdamsA Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.John Patrick Shanley from his play of same name.
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsLogan LermanEmma WatsonEzra MillerCharlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.Stephen Chbosky from his novel of same name.