William Faulkner

William Faulkner

1897-09-25 New Albany, Mississippi, USA 31 Credits

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 ...

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The Past Is Never Dead: The Story of William Faulkner

The Past Is Never Dead: The Story of William Faulkner

2023

as Self

2.0
Acting

The first documentary to explore the storied and complex legacy of Nobel-prize winner William Faulkner – his life, literary masterpieces and his role ...

As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

2018

Novel

5.8

A free adaptation of the classic William Faulkner novel, AS I LAY DYING follows four siblings - three brothers, accompanying their only sister - as th...

Mississippi Requiem

Mississippi Requiem

2018

Story

1.0
Writing

A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner.

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

2015

Novel

5.0

A look at the trials and tribulations of The Compson siblings, living in the deep south during the early part of the 20th century.

As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying

2013

Novel

5.2

Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.

Two Soldiers

Two Soldiers

2003

Short Story

6.4
Writing

Set during WWII, a young boy wants to join his brother in the "war at Pearl Harbour".

The Arsonist

The Arsonist

2001

Story

6.2
Writing

The Arsonist involves the struggles of an undocumented immigrant family and a boy's coming-of-age. The son Kesuma must forge his own identity against ...

Old Man

Old Man

1997

Novel

6.3

A prisoner set on serving his time gets recruited to save a pregnant woman trapped in a tree during the Great Flood of 1927. A massive storm drives th...

The Leg

The Leg

1991

Novel

3.2

The film's protagonist Valera - cheerful guy from Moscow, who at age 19 learned a whole hell of war in Afghanistan, where he lost a leg. Returning fro...

A Rose for Emily

A Rose for Emily

1983

Writer

6.0
Writing

Townsfolk discover a warped secret while clearing out the house of a recently deceased, aristocratic spinster.

Tandis que j’agonise

Tandis que j’agonise

1980

Original Film Writer

6.0
Writing

Free adaptation of Faulkner's novel aroused by the Patrick Henry and Ranucci cases.

Barn Burning

Barn Burning

1980

Short Story

4.7
Writing

Ab Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing in William Faulkner's Barn Burni...

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

1972

Story, Short Story

6.7
Writing

A lonely farmer takes in a pregnant woman and looks after her. After she gives birth, tragedy strikes.

The Reivers

The Reivers

1969

Novel

6.4

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a t...

Sanctuary

Sanctuary

1961

Novel

5.1

In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake's infant child. Temple,...

The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

1959

Novel

6.6

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fo...

Old Man

Old Man

1958

Novel

In the South, convicts get a temporary release to help during a flood.

The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

1958

Short Story, Novel

7.1
Writing

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

1957

Novel

6.7

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, wor...

Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs

1955

Writer

6.3
Writing

A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his ...

Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust

1949

Novel

7.4

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a ...

Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan

1948

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under thr...

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

1946

Screenplay

7.6
Writing

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the comple...

The Southerner

The Southerner

1945

Writer

6.5
Writing

Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle d...

To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not

1945

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

Northern Pursuit

Northern Pursuit

1943

Writer

5.9
Writing

Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the...

Background to Danger

Background to Danger

1943

Writer

6.6
Writing

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Slave Ship

Slave Ship

1937

Story

4.8
Writing

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

The Road to Glory

The Road to Glory

1936

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and m...

The Story of Temple Drake

The Story of Temple Drake

1933

Novel

6.5

The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violenc...

Today We Live

Today We Live

1933

Dialogue, Story

6.2
Writing

Two lovers are living together and are not married; they had made a promise as children to get married when they grew up, but they "didn't wait."