William Hjortsberg

William Hjortsberg

Writing

Birthday

1941/02/23

Day of death

2017/04/22 (76 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also know as

William "Gatz" Hjortsberg, Gatz Hjortsberg

Biography

William Reinhold "Gatz" Hjortsberg was an American novelist and screenwriter, known for his originality and for writing the screenplay of the film Legend. His novel Falling Angel was the basis for the film Angel Heart (1987). The novel was adapted into an opera in 2015, composed by J. Mark Scearce with a libretto by Lucy Thurber. His 2015 novel Mañana is a thriller set in Mexico. Hjortsberg was the only child of a Swedish restaurateur father and a Swiss mother. He attended Dartmouth College, th...Read more

Acting
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
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(2002) Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'

as Himself