Truman Capote was an American author, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics. At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother and multiple migrations. He discovered his calling by the age of 11, and for the rest of his childhood he honed his writing ability. Capote began his professional career writing short stories. Capote earned the most fame with In Cold Blood (1966), a book Capote spent four years writing. A milestone in popular culture, it was the peak of his career, although it was not his final book. In the 1970s, he maintained his celebrity status by appearing on television talk shows.

Filmography

• 2013Love, Marilyn — Writer
• 2007Miriam — Short Story
• 2002Children on Their Birthdays — Writer
• 1997A Christmas Memory — Short Story
• 1997Other Voices Other Rooms — Writer
• In Cold Blood — Book
• 1996The Grass Harp — Novel
• 1994One Christmas — Story
• 1993Historias Breves 0: Un día con Ángela — Original Story
• 1992Hello, Stranger — Writer
• 1980Miriam — Novel
• The South Bank Show
• 1977Annie Hall — Truman Capote Look-Alike (uncredited)
• 1976Murder by Death — Lionel Twain
• 1972The Glass House — Story
• 1971Der kopflose Falke — Novel
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
• 1969Trilogy — Narrator (voice), Story
• 1968Laura — Screenplay
• 1968The Thanksgiving Visitor — Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Adaptation, Story
• 1967In Cold Blood — Novel
• 1966A Christmas Memory — Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Short Story
• ABC Stage 67 — Writer
• 1961Breakfast at Tiffany's — Novel
• 1961The Innocents — Screenplay
• Theatre '70 — Writer
• 1953Beat the Devil — Screenplay
• 1953Indiscretion of an American Wife — Dialogue
• David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All

Appearances as themselves (22)

• 2025The New Yorker at 100 — Self (archive footage)
• 20246 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Bad Hostage — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Groucho & Cavett — Self (archive footage)
• 2021The Capote Tapes — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation — Self - Writer (archive footage)
• Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Do I Sound Gay? — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Public Speaking — Self (archive footage)
• American Experience — Self (archive footage)
• Dinah! — Self
• 1972Cocksucker Blues — Self
• 1971Beaton by Bailey — Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self (uncredited)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1966With Love from Truman — Self - Writer
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Tempo — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The David Susskind Show — Self