William Stadiem

{{Short description|American author}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/latest/lions-den/food-thought-william-stadiem-69|title="Food for Thought," by William Stadiem '69 |work=Columbia College Today|date=19 September 2018 |accessdate=13 July 2023}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://williamstadiem.com/articles/|title="Articles" by William Stadiem|work=William Stadiem|accessdate=13 July 2023}}

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 (Stadiem spent several months with Jim Garrison and wrote a 200-page script that covered Garrison's investigations and his fall from office, although this script was not the basis for the Oliver Stone film).{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-04-ca-34-story.html|title="A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : FIRST DIBS : Before J.F.K. Was Hot, He Wasn't" by Nina Easton|work=L.A.Times|date=4 August 1991 |accessdate=13 July 2023}}