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)