Lust for Life was adapted by a screenwriter.
Lust for Life ( 1956 ) is a MGM ( Metrocolor ) biographical film about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh , based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Irving Stone and adapted by Norman Corwin . Norman Lewis Corwin ( May 3 , 1910 -- October 18 , 2011 ) was an American writer , screenwriter , producer , essayist and teacher of journalism and writing .