Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Name: Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Director: Jeff Feuerzeig
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-01-22
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Laura Albert, Bruce Benderson, Panio Gianopoulos, Winona Ryder, Ira Silverberg

2016

1h 50m

Documentary

Director: Jeff Feuerzeig

Writer: Jeff Feuerzeig

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Overview

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.