John W. Law

John William Law is a journalist and author who has been researching and writing about film history for 25 years. First working as a reporter for weekly, monthly, and daily news publications, his first book, Curse of the Silver Screen was published in 1999. Since then he has written about actors, directors, filmmaking, and Hollywood history. His 2014 book, Who Nuked the Duke? was named the best general non-fiction title at the San Francisco Book Festival. His 2016 book, Movie Star and the Mobster was named best performing arts title in the Hollywood, New York, and London Book Festivals and his 2021 book The Longest Suicide in Hollywood - The Death of Montgomery Clift was a finalist in the International Book Awards. In 2023, he appears in the feature film documentary, Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout, which is in part inspired by his book Who Nuked the Duke?, which has been reissued in an updated edition. He has authored two books on Alfred Hitchcock - Alfred Hitchcock: The Icon Years in 2010 and The Lost Hitchcocks in 2018, and appeared in the 2012 Universal Pictures documentary Hitchcock’s Monster Movie. In 2024 his book Wicked Becomes Her was named the best performing arts book of 2024 by Books Excellence.