Lion was based on a book from the 1940's.
Lion is a 2016 biographical film directed by Garth Davis -LRB- in his feature debut -RRB- and written by Luke Davies , based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose .	Garth Davis	Garth Davis	Luke Davies	Luke Davies	Saroo Brierley	Saroo Brierley	Larry Buttrose	Larry Buttrose	biographical film	biographical film	feature debut	List of directorial debuts
An autobiographical account of his experiences , A Long Way Home , was published in 2013 in Australia , released internationally in 2014 , and adapted into the 2016 film Lion , starring Dev Patel as Saroo and Nicole Kidman as his adoptive mother , Sue Brierley .	Australia	Australia	Lion	Lion (2016 film)	Dev Patel	Dev Patel	Nicole Kidman	Nicole Kidman
