Project Detail

Jerimiah Terminator LeRoy

Synopsis

A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Based on the true story of two women who created the persona of a boy-wonder author JT LeRoy, fooling the literary community, the fashion world, and the Hollywood elite for six years before the hoax was finally revealed.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Gala Presentations - World premiere

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
108 mins
Director
Justin Kelly
Producer
Mark Amin, Jeff Beesley, Thor Bradwell, Cassian Elwes, Dave Hansen, Phyllis Laing, Gary Pearl, Giri Tharan, Patrick Walmsley, Julie Yorn
Co-Producer
Evan Arnold
Executive Producer
Nadine de Barros, Tyler Boehm, Tracy Christian, Anders Erden, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Margot Hand, Jere Hausfater, Robert Jones, Justin Kelly, Phyllis Laing, Jed Root, Devan Towers, Cami Winikoff
Editor
Aaron I. Butler
Screenwriter
Justin Kelly (screenplay), Savannah Knoop (memoir)
Director of Photography
Bobby Bukowski
Production Designer
Jean-Andre Carriere
Composer
Tim Kvasnosky
Principal cast
Kristen Stewart, Diane Kruger, Laura Dern, Jim Sturgess, Courtney Love

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Canada, US, UK coproduction

A Buffalo Gal Pictures (CA), Black Leather Jacket (US), Crosby Street Films (US), Fortitude International (US), LBI Entertainment (US), Sobini Films (US), Thirty Three Management (US), The Fyzz Facility Film One (UK)

Sales Company

Fortitude International

15260 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 1040
Sherman Oaks
CA 91403
USA

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