with Jim McBride and released in 1969, was another take on a post-apocalyptic world. At some point, Monte Hellman, who had been directing films for Roger Corman read Wurlitzer's novel Nog and approached him about writing the screenplay for Two-Lane Blacktop. The film became a cult-classic, and the script was printed in its entirety in the April 1971 issue of Esquire. During his time in Hollywood, Wurlitzer also wrote the screenplays Walker (1987) directed by Alex Cox, Candy Mountain (1988) which he co-directed with Robert Frank, and Little Buddha (1993) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Wurlitzer was working on a script with Michelangelo Antonioni at the time of Antonioni's death. He wrote the libretto for Philip Glass' opera In the Penal Colony, and has also written four television scripts for 100 Centre Street, directed by Sidney Lumet. Filmography Glen and Randa (co-written with Jim McBride) (1969, Writer) Two-Lane Blacktop (directed by Monte Hellman) (1971, Writer) - Hot Rod Driver Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (directed by Sam Peckinpah) (1973, Writer) - O'Folliard America (directed by Robert Downey Sr.) (1986) - George, the Hit Man Walker (directed by Alex Cox) (1987, Writer) - Morgan Candy Mountain (co-directed with Robert Frank) (1988, Writer/co-director) Homo Faber (aka Voyager) (directed by Volker Schlöndorff) (1991, Writer) Wind (directed by Carroll Ballard) (1992, Writer) Little Buddha (directed by Bernardo Bertolucci) (1993, Writer) Publications Nog, published 1969 by Random House; reissued in 2009 by Two Dollar Radio Flats, published 1971 by Random House, reissued in 2009 by Two Dollar Radio Quake, published 1974 by E. P. Dutton, reissued in 2009 by Two Dollar Radio Slow Fade, published 1984 by Alfred A. Knopf, reissued in 2011 by Drag City Hard Travel to Sacred Places, published 1995 by Random House The Drop Edge of Yonder, published 2008 by Two Dollar Radio References External links Vertigo magazine interview "Rudy Wurlitzer In Conversation with Theodore Hamm" The Brooklyn Rail, (Dec 09 - Jan 10) Conversing with Rudy Wurlitzer: A Beaten-Up Old Scribbler, Pop Matters Rudy Wurlitzer, Bob Dylan, Bloody Sam, and the Jornado del Muerto, Pop Matters Scott McClanahan Interviews Rudolph Wurlitzer, Ain't It Cool News 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American male screenwriters American television writers Columbia University alumni Living people 1937 births Wurlitzer American opera librettists Writers from Cincinnati Writers from New York City American male television writers 21st-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state) Novelists