Writing
J.G. Ballard
Born November 15, 1930 · Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China [now Shanghai, China]
Died April 19, 2009 · aged 78
James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Born in an international settlement in Shanghai to British parents before his family emigrated to the UK, Ballard began writing in the 1950s, becoming associated with the New Wave of science fiction with post-apocalyptic novels such as The Wind from Nowhere and The Drowned World.
Known For
Empire of the Sun · 1987Empire of the Sun
★ 7.51987
MovieDramaHistory
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.
Crash · 1996Crash
★ 6.51996
MovieThrillerDrama
A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.
High-Rise · 2015High-Rise
★ 5.62015
MovieDrama
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth · 1970When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
★ 6.11970
MovieAdventureFantasy
An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.
Home · 2003Home
★ 7.02003
MovieTV MovieDrama
The ostensibly calm and courteous Gerald Ballantyne lives in and embodies modern suburbia. But he is haunted by the memory of a recent car crash and hounded by his estranged wife and her demands for divorce. Slowly, a festering insanity takes over and unwilling to face the outside world he embarks on a lunatic experiment. Confining himself to his middle-class home, he eschews contact with others and survives entirely off 'food' which he can find in his house. Based on JG Ballard's The Enormous Space.
Crash! · 1971Crash!
★ 6.61971
MovieDrama
A surreal, moody short about the fetishisation of automobiles and auto accidents.
Thirteen to Centaurus · 1965Thirteen to Centaurus
★ 8.01965
MovieScience FictionDrama
Interstellar travel at sub-light speeds: the enormous distances, isolation from human culture and the aching loneliness of space are enough to drive the strongest personality insane. Better to block all memories of human contact and to program the 12-strong crew to accept only the reality they can see and touch within their spacecraft. But a child born on "the Station" becomes insistent on learning the truth about 'Outside'.
The Atrocity Exhibition · 1998The Atrocity Exhibition
★ 4.71998
MovieDramaHorror
A doctor in a mental research institution is driven insane by the spectacle of the horrors of the twentieth century.
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