Nocturnal Animals is a 2016 English-language Crime Drama motion picture written and directed by Tom Ford and produced by Robert Salerno and Tom Ford under the banner of Fade to Black. A story inside a story, in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called Nocturnal Animals, which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself. Nocturnal animals stars Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer and Maria Zyrianova. The screenplay is written by Tom Ford which is inspired from Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. The music was composed by Abel Korzeniowski. Cinematography was done by Seamus McGarvey and editing by Joan Sobel. The motion picture has a running time of 116 minutes. It was released on 1st December 2016. The Film was successful at box office. Nocturnal Animals was made on a budget of $22 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $30 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Focus Features.