Louis Begley was born on October 6, 1933 in Stryj, Stanislawowskie, Poland as Ludwik Begleiter. He is a writer, known for About Schmidt (2002), Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007) and The 20th Annual Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards Gala (2005). He has been married to Anka Muhlstein since March 1974.