Writer Movies

This documentary explores and provides new insights into the life and writing of British author Robert Aickman (1914-1981), with special reference to...

A writer (Ruy Gatti) arrives to an unoccupied house where he hopes to find inspiration. He places the typewriter on the desk and takes off the sheets...

In 2002, Sophie Constantinou and Bill Weir interviewed Padgett about his life and works, specifically his friendship and collaborations with the New...

An internal struggle ensues when a young man is confronted with the choice between his girl and his smokes.

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...

The film tells of the radical life-search by the Swiss writer Paul Nizon, born 1929 in Bern, Switzerland, who became what “he was meant to...

A portrait about the Dutch writer Herman Koch. Koch started his career with the popular TV-show 'Jiskefet' and went on to become the best selling and...

A multifaceted portrait of the German writer W.G. Sebald.

An elderly man is working tirelessly to revive the Jewish world lost in the Holocaust. His name is Aharon Appelfeld, and he became one of the...

Jerzy Kosiński, author of The Painted Bird and Being There, sees his life and literary career unravel after having the authenticity of his work...

Conflicted on where to take his story next a writer gets an unexpected visit from someone who tries to motivate him to continue writing.

Documentary about Kathy Acker where she talks about her writing and her life in New York.

Nahuel is a 19-year-old trying to write a book, in the process, he remembers or imagines an encounter with Lola, his first love who inspired him to...

Humorous, melancholy documentary about copywriter, photo model and poet Frans Vogel (1935-2016). A handsome kid who became involved in the art world...

Time moves slow, fast. A Korean-American woman who chose to follow her dreams now finds herself an undecorated writer at age 32, living a life far...

Antonio Gracia José (1942-2011), known as “Pierrot,” was a prominent member of the Barcelona art scene, a pioneer in the...

This film is a documentary portrait of the great Bulgarian Writer and poet Valeri Petrov.