A Business Affair

Pentathlon

Young Toscanini

L.A. Law

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 (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).

William Stadiem

Acted in

A Business Affair