Author: The JT LeRoy Story

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• Genre(s): Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Jeff Feuerzeig
• Cast(s): Laura Albert, Bruce Benderson, Winona Ryder, Savannah Knoop, Courtney Love See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 50min
• Award(s): Cinema Eye Honors 2017 (Won)
  Grand Jury Prize 2016 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill, Untold: Chess Mates
• Story:
  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.
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