Gore Vidal
Born
3 October 1925 (100)
Place of Birth
West Point, New York, USA
Also known as
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Edgar Box
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....
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.
Filmography (40)
Best of Enemies
2015
Wilde Salomé
2013
Salinger
2013
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013
Valentino's Ghost
2013
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
2013
Norman Mailer: The American
2012
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
2011
Public Speaking
2011
Standing Army
2010
Shrink
2009
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
2008
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
Global Haywire
2006
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
2005
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005
Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She
2005
Inside Deep Throat
2005
Why We Fight
2005
High Tech Lincoln
2005
Thinking XXX
2004
The Education of Gore Vidal
2003
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
2003
Igby Goes Down
2002
The Cockettes
2002
Rescued from the Closet
2001
Gattaca
1997
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
The Celluloid Closet
1996
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994
In Search of Oz
1994
With Honors
1994
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
1993
Bob Roberts
1992
Billy the Kid
1989
Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No
1984
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
1981