Rudy Wurlitzer was a US novelist and screenwriter. His books include Nog, Flats, Quake, and Slow Fade.

Among his many screenplays are:

• Glen & Randa (directed by Jim McBride ), 1969
• Two-Lane Blacktop (directed by Monte Hellman ), 1971
• Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (directed by Sam Peckinpah), 1973
• Walker (directed by Alex Cox), 1987
• Candy Mountain (directed by Robert Frank), 1988
• Homo Faber (aka Voyager) (directed by Volker Schlöndorff), 1991
• Wind (directed by Caroll Ballard ), 1992
• Little Buddha (directed by Bernardo Bertolucci), 1992
• Shinobi, 2002

He has also written four TV scripts for 100 Centre Street , directed by Sidney Lumet.