On this day in movie history - James Ellroy's Feast of Death (2001):

James Ellroy's Feast of Death,

documentary directed by Vikram Jayanti,

was released in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2001.
Music by Rob Lane.

Cast:
James Ellroy, Rick Jackson, Brian M. Carr, Mike Berchem, Eric J. Mosher, Tim Marcia, David Lambkin, Paul W. Coulter, William Stoner, Ray Peavy, Frank Merriman, Rey Verdugo, Louis D. Danoff, Nick Nolte, Helen Knode, Larry Harnisch, Karen Hilliker, Janet T. Klock, M. Brian Klock, Mindy Klock, Elizabeth Short, Ron Riekki.

On this day in movie history - James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction (1993):

James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction,

documentary directed by Reinhard Jud,

written by Reinhard Jud and Wolfgang Lehner,

filmed in 1993,

was released in the United States on March 25, 1998.
Music by Sam Auinger and Deedee Neidhart.

Cast:
James Ellroy, Elizabeth Short.

On this day in movie history - Los Angeles: City of Film Noir (2015):

Los Angeles: City of Film Noir

aka Los Angeles: Cité du Film Noir,

documentary directed and written by Clara Kuperberg and Julia Kuperberg,

was released in France on February 28, 2015.

Cast:
James Ellroy, Eddie Muller, Alain Silver.

James Ellroy, on writing:

Cats gotta scratch.

Dogs gotta bite.

I gotta write.

- James Ellroy.