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 in Wall Street before becoming the restaurant critic of Los Angeles (magazine). Stadiem was also a columnist for Andy Warhol's Interview magazine. Stadiem has also 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'' (''Garrison'' Script on which subsequent screenwriters modelled their scripts)(1991) Provided by Wikipedia