William Stadiem

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 of Hollywood, and restaurants. He also contributes to various magazines, and is an occasional screenwriter. Stadiem was formerly a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell on Wall Street before becoming the restaurant critic of ''Los Angeles'' (magazine). Stadiem was also a columnist for Andy Warhol's ''Interview'' magazine. Stadiem has written for ''The Daily Beast'', the American ''Town & Country'' (magazine), The ''Tatler'', ''Vanity Fair'' (magazine), ''Harpers & Queen'', ''The Telegraph'' (magazine), and The ''Financial Times''.

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 with Jim 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 the Oliver Stone film). Provided by Wikipedia