William Stadiem (born 1947) is an American non-fiction author who has written or ghost-written several biographies and autobiographies, mostly about the "golden age" ofHollywood, and restaurants. He also contributes to various magazines, and is an occasional screenwriter. Stadiem was formerly a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell inWall Street before becoming the restaurant critic ofLos Angeles (magazine). Stadiem was also a columnist forAndy Warhol'sInterview magazine.^[1] Stadiem has also written forThe Daily Beast, the AmericanTown & Country (magazine), TheTatler,Vanity Fair (magazine),Harpers & Queen,The Telegraph Magazine, and TheFinancial Times.^[2]

Stadiem has written or co-written screenplays for the following films and television series:

• A Business Affair (1994)
• Young Toscanini (1988)
• Pentathlon (1994)
• Trade Secrets a.k.a.Flagrant désir (1986)
• L.A. Law (1986-1994)
• JFK (Stadiem spent several months withJim Garrison and wrote a 200-page script that covered Garrison's investigations and his fall from office, although this script was not the basis for theOliver Stone film).^[3]

• Madam Claude: Her Secret World Of Pleasure, Privilege, and Power (2018)
• The Auctioneer: Adventures In The Art Trade(MAY 2016) withSimon de Pury
• Jet Set (2014)
• Daughter Of The King (2014) with Sandra Lansky
• Moneywood (2013)
• A Class By Themselves (1980)
• Too Rich (1991)
• Marilyn Monroe Confidential (1979, 1983) with Lena Pepitone
• Lullaby And Good Night (1987) withVincent Bugliosi.
• Madam 90210 (1993) withAlex Adams
• MR. S (2003, 2004) withGeorge Jacobs
• Dear Senator (2009) withEssie Mae Washington-Williams
• Everybody Eats There (2007) withMaria Gibbs

• Official website
• William Stadiem atIMDb

• 1947 births
• American film historians
• American television writers
• American biographers
• American male writers
• Living people
• Harvard University alumni
• Male biographers

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