Cornell Woolrich

Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich (December 4, 1903 - September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. His parents separated when Cornell was young, and he lived in Latin America with his father, before moving back to New York City to live with his mother.

Selected films based on Woolrich stories

• Union City (1980) (short story The Corpse Next Door)
• Nightmare (novel)
• Rear Window (1954) (story It had to be Murder)
• The Window (1949) (story)
• Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) (novel)
• I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948) (novel)
• The Return of the Whistler (1948) (story)
• Fear in the Night (1947) (story Nightmare) (as William Irish)
• The Guilty (1947) (story He Looked Like Murder)
• Fall Guy (1947) (story Cocaine)
• The Chase (1946 movie) (novel The Black Path of Fear)
• Black Angel (1946 movie) (novel)
• Deadline at Dawn (novel) (as William Irish)
• The Mark of the Whistler (1944) (story)
• Phantom Lady (1944) (novel) (as William Irish)
• The Leopard Man (1943) (novel Black Alibi)