Search results
William Bast (April 3, 1931 – May 4, 2015) was an American screenwriter and author. In addition to writing scripts for motion pictures and television, he was the author of two biographies of the screen actor James Dean. He often worked with his partner Paul Huson .
May 7, 2015 · William Bast, who wrote extensively for both film and TV and was also known for his two biographies of James Dean, died of complications from Alzheimer’s on May 4. He was 84. Bast wrote scripts ...
Jul 26, 2015 · In 1975, again for NBC, Bast wrote and produced a further drama, James Dean: Portrait of a Friendship. Bast was born in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, the eldest of eight siblings whose ...
- Derek Granger
Apr 20, 2006 · July 29, 2013. This is a heartfelt and deeply moving autobiography and biography of the five-year relationship between the author, William Bast, and his best friend, James Dean. Bill describes himself as a closeted gay while Dean is less so. But as Bill’s love for Jimmy grows, so does the fear that a sexual relationship between the men will ...
- (221)
- Hardcover
- William Bast
William Bast, the Edgar-winning TV screenwriter, was the first biographer of cinema icon James Dean , his close friend and lover. Bast and Dean met and became friends and roommates while drama students at U.C.L.A., and later roomed together in New York City. Bast first wrote about Dean a year after his death, in "James Dean: A Biography", which ...
- April 3, 1931
- May 4, 2015
William Bast, the Edgar-winning TV screenwriter, was the first biographer of cinema icon James Dean, his close friend and lover. Bast and Dean met and became friends and roommates while drama students at U.C.L.A., and later roomed together in New York City. Bast first wrote about Dean a year after his death, in "James Dean: A Biography", which ...
People also ask
Did William Bast write a biography of James Dean?
Who is William Bast?
Did Bast know James Dean?
How did William Bast die?
Apr 20, 2006 · Bast, a TV writer and journalist, was infatuated with James Dean (1931–1955) from the moment they met (at UCLA in 1950). A closeted gay man, Bast had a crush on the brooding, unknown actor and had a brief fling with him. This work records their close friendship, Dean's rise to stardom and the years following his premature death at age 24.
- William Bast
