William Stadiem
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| Occupation | Author and journalist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | JD and MBA |
| Alma mater | Columbia University and Harvard University |
| Genre | Biography, history, popular culture, politics, food, and fiction |
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William Stadiem is an American lawyer, screenwriter, and author. He has written biographies on celebrities including Marilyn Monroe and George Hamilton, in addition to books about Frank Sinatra, Strom Thurmond, and others. He was the screenwriter for several Hollywood films in the 1980s and 1990s, and in the 2010s began to write general histories of Hollywood executives and members of the celebrity class. Stadiem is also a food critic and a former associate with the Sullivan & Cromwell law firm in New York City.
Stadiem was born in Kinston, North Carolina, and went to undergraduate school at Columbia College of Columbia University, graduating magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1973 from their joint JD/MBA program, before becoming a lawyer on Wall Street in New York City at Sullivan & Cromwell as a member of the New York bar.
Stadiem's first screenwriting credit was for the 1986 French-language film Flagrant Désir, after which he wrote an episode for the television drama L.A. Law. Stadiem then wrote the screenplay for the 1988 Elizabeth Taylor film Young Toscanini, directed by Franco Zeffirelli. In 1994 he was the screenwriter and credited for the story of the Dolph Lundgren film Pentathlon and the Christopher Walken film A Business Affair—in which he played the small role of William King. His screenplay Garrison was the basis for Oliver Stone's movie JFK.
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