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Frank De Felitta, Author of ‘Audrey Rose,’ Dies at 94
Frank De Felitta, author of the novel on which the horror film “Audrey Rose” was based and a documentary filmmaker, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 94, according to his son Raymond De Felitta, director of ABC’s “Madoff.”
Frank De Felitta made a name for himself as director of the 1966 NBC documentary “Mississippi: A Self Portrait.” The documentary chronicled the experiences of blacks and whites living in rural Mississippi, but what made the project a standout was an interviewee named Booker Wright.
Wright, a black waiter, spoke candidly about his mistreatment by white customers, which resulted in him losing his job, being beaten and having his restaurant burned down. He was later murdered.
In 2012, De Felitta revisited the documentary with his son Raymond, who directed a spin-off titled “Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story.” Produced by David Zellerford and Wright’s grandchild, Yvette Johnson, “Booker’s Place” captures the elder Felitta expressing guilt over Wright’s trials.
“I see my father, an intrepid documentarian of the turbulent times he was living in,” said Richard at the Tribeca F
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Frank De Felitta Books In Order
Publication Order of Audrey Rose Books
| Audrey Rose | (1975) |
| For Love of Audrey Rose | (1982) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Oktoberfest | (1973) |
| The Entity | (1978) |
| Sea Trial | (1980) |
| Golgotha Falls | (1984) |
| Funeral March Of The Marionettes | (1990) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| A Swift Death to Critics | (2000) |
Frank De Felitta
Author Frank De Felitta was born on August 3, 1921 in The Bronx, New York City. During World War Two, he served as a pilot, and in 1945 he returned to New York, where he started writing scripts.
His first effort, for “The Whistler”, the weekly radio program and popular thriller series, earned him $350 and started his writing career. He continued writing radio scripts before turning to TV, in which he was successful as a director, writer, and producer, winning Emmy nominations in 1963 and 1968 for his documentaries as well as a Peabody Award and many Writers Guild nominations.
“The Entity” began with a documentary he wrote, titled “The Stately Ghosts of England”, which boasted three whole mansions with ghosts in them, both heard and seen by a large amount of witnesses. T
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