William Stadiem

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 on Wall Street before becoming the restaurant critic of Los Angeles (magazine). Stadiem was also a columnist for Andy Warhol's Interview magazine. Stadiem has 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).