Savannah Knoop

Writing

January 1, 1981

3 movies

Biography

Savannah Knoop is an American writer-director, author, artist, and designer. They are the co-writer and co-executive producer of the 2019 feature film, JT LeRoy — adapted from Knoop’s memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy.

🎬 Savannah Knoop's Filmography

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6.6

New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40-year-old San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator, Laura Albert.

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

2016

5.8

A feature documentary about the writer JT LeRoy - Ethically charged, controversial, and confusing, JT’s life and death sprang open a Pandora’s box of powerful questions about literature and culture, identity and celebrity, and the reality of the society we live in. Fraud? Art? Mental illness? Complicity? The Cult of JT Leroy will be a testament to this bizarre and elaborate story that has captured the attention and fascination of the world’s media, and perplexes to this day.

The Cult of JT LeRoy

2014

6.0

The literary persona JT LeRoy visiting Stockholm, Sweden in 2002, on a promotion tour for the novel "Sarah". Framed by footage of US highways and Heaviness "Curtains of Rain".

Terminator - a film about JT LeRoy

2002