Savannah Knoop
Writing
Biography
Savannah Knoop is an American writer-director, author, artist, and designer. They are the co-writer and co-executive producer of the 2019 feature film, JT LeRoy — adapted from Knoop’s memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy.
Known For
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
J.T. LeRoy
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.
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
The literary persona JT LeRoy visiting Stockholm, Sweden in 2002, on a promotion tour for the novel "Sarah". Framed by footage of US highways and Heaviness "Curtains of Rain".
Terminator - a film about JT LeRoy
A feature documentary about the writer JT LeRoy - Ethically charged, controversial, and confusing, JT’s life and death sprang open a Pandora’s box of powerful questions about literature and culture, identity and celebrity, and the reality of the society we live in. Fraud? Art? Mental illness? Complicity? The Cult of JT Leroy will be a testament to this bizarre and elaborate story that has captured the attention and fascination of the world’s media, and perplexes to this day.
The Cult of JT LeRoy
Enter JOAN, a warm, eccentric and sporting writer, and LUIS. The exchange becomes a dance between strangers of assumptions and moral calculations. Directed and written by Savannah Knoop. Produced by Jed Root. Starring Alessandro Magania.