
Person
William Faulkner
Writing · 1897–1962 · New Albany, Mississippi, USA
Biography
William Faulkner, one of the 20th century's most gifted novelists, wrote for the movies in part because he could not make enough money from his novels and short stories to support his growing number of dependants. The author of such acclaimed novels as "The Sound and the Fury" and "Absalom, Absalom!", Faulkner received official screen credits for just six theatrical releases, five of which were with director Howard Hawks. Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1949 and he received two Pulitzer Prizes, for "A Fable" in '1955 and "The Reivers", which was published shortly before he died in 1962.
Known for

American Playhouse
Short Story

The Big Sleep
Screenplay

The Long Hot Summer
Novel

The Long, Hot Summer
Short Story

As I Lay Dying
Novel

The Arsonist
Story

To Have and Have Not
Screenplay

Adventures of Don Juan
Screenplay

Land of the Pharaohs
Writer

The Sound and the Fury
Novel
Filmography
- 2023The Past Is Never Dead: The Story of William FaulknerSelf
- 2018As I Lay DyingNovel
- 2018Mississippi RequiemStory
- 2015The Sound and the FuryNovel
- 2013As I Lay DyingNovel
- 2003Two SoldiersShort Story
- 2001The ArsonistStory
- 1997Old ManNovel
- 1991The LegNovel
- 1985The Long Hot SummerNovel
- 1983A Rose for EmilyWriter
- 1982American PlayhouseShort Story
- 1980Tandis que j’agoniseOriginal Film Writer
- 1980Barn BurningShort Story
- 1980The BearOriginal Story
- 1972TomorrowStory
- 1971Beatrice KoldingShort Story
- 1969The ReiversNovel
- 1965William Faulkner's MississippiSelf (archive footage)
- 1961SanctuaryNovel
- 1959The Sound and the FuryNovel
- 1958Old ManNovel
- 1958The Long, Hot SummerShort Story
- 1957The Tarnished AngelsNovel
- 1955Land of the PharaohsWriter
- 1955Impressions of JapanSelf
- 1952William Faulkner on his native soil in Oxford, MississippiSelf
- 1949Intruder in the DustNovel
- 1948Adventures of Don JuanScreenplay
- 1946The Big SleepScreenplay
- 1945The SouthernerWriter
- 1945To Have and Have NotScreenplay
- 1943Northern PursuitWriter
- 1943Background to DangerWriter
- 1937Slave ShipStory
- 1936The Road to GloryScreenplay
- 1933The Story of Temple DrakeNovel
- 1933Today We LiveStory
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