Gore Vidal
- Writing
- October 3, 1925 · West Point, New York, USA
- July 31, 2012
Biography
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Beyond literature, Vidal was heavily involved in politics. He unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate (for California). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gore Vidal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Best of Enemies · Self
- Wilde Salomé · Self
- Salinger · Self
- Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia · Self
- Valentino's Ghost · Self
- Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open · Self
- Norman Mailer: The American · Self
- The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell · Self
- Public Speaking · Self
- Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood · Self
- Standing Army · Self
- Shrink · George Charles
- Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press · Self
- Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 · Self
- The U.S. vs. John Lennon · Self
- Global Haywire · Self
- The Henry Rollins Show
- Revisiting Brideshead · Self
- One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern · Self
- Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula · Self, Writer
- Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She · Narrator (Voice)
- Inside Deep Throat · Self
- Why We Fight · Self
- High Tech Lincoln · Self
- Thinking XXX · Self
- Jack & Bobby · Documentary Host
- The Education of Gore Vidal · Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher · Self
- Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others · Self
- Igby Goes Down · First School Headmaster (uncredited)
- The Cockettes · Self
- Rescued from the Closet · Self
- Da Ali G Show · Self
- Family Guy · Gore Vidal (Voice)
- Gattaca · Director Josef
- Thomas Jefferson · Self
- Shadow Conspiracy · Page
- The Celluloid Closet · Self
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage · Self
- In Search of Oz · Self
- With Honors · Prof. Pitkannan
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic · Self
- The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's · Self
- Bob Roberts · Senator Brickley Paiste
- The Palermo Connection · Screenplay
- The Simpsons · Gore Vidal (Voice)
- Billy the Kid · Preacher (uncredited), Writer
- American Experience · Self
- Lincoln · Novel
- The Sicilian · Additional Writing
- Dress Gray · Writer
- National Geographic Explorer
- Television
- Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No · Self
- Wogan · Self
- A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' · Self
- Caligula · Story
- The South Bank Show
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman · Self
- Apostrophes · Self
- Roma · Gore Vidal (uncredited)
- Myra Breckinridge · Novel
- Last of the Mobile Hot Shots · Writer
- Playboy After Dark · Self
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Self
- Omnibus · Self
- The Homosexuals · Self
- The Night of the Generals · Screenplay
- Is Paris Burning? · Screenplay
- Theatre 625 · Writer
- The Best Man · Delegate (uncredited), Screenplay
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Merv Griffin Show · Self
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- Visit to a Small Planet · Theatre Play
- Suddenly, Last Summer · Audience Member at Operation (uncredited), Screenplay
- Startime · Writer
- The Scapegoat · Adaptation