Gore Vidal

Writer

Born: October 3, 1925
Died: July 31, 2012 (age 86)
From: West Point, New York, USA

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…

Filmography (46)

Best of Enemies (2015)
Self
Wilde Salomé (2013)
Self
Salinger (2013)
Self - Writer
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)
Self
Valentino's Ghost (2013)
Self
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open (2013)
Self
Norman Mailer: The American (2012)
Self
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (2011)
Self
Public Speaking (2011)
Self (archive footage)
Standing Army (2010)
Self
Shrink (2009)
George Charles
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press (2008)
Self
Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 (2008)
Self
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
Self
Global Haywire (2006)
Self
Revisiting Brideshead (2005)
Self
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (2005)
Self
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005)
Self
Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She (2005)
Narrator (Voice)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
Self
Why We Fight (2005)
Self - Author, "Imperial America"
High Tech Lincoln
High Tech Lincoln (2005)
Self
Thinking XXX (2004)
Self
The Education of Gore Vidal (2003)
Self
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others (2003)
Self
Igby Goes Down (2002)
First School Headmaster (uncredited)
The Cockettes (2002)
Self (archive footage)
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
Self
Gattaca (1997)
Director Josef
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
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