
Gore Vidal
Known for: Writing
Born: October 3, 1925
Died: July 31, 2012
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.…
Known for

Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No
1984

A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
1981

Best of Enemies
2015

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013

Ten Year Old Boy Pilot
1936

The Education of Gore Vidal
2003

Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She
2005
High Tech Lincoln
2005

Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
2008

Standing Army
2010

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993

Why We Fight
2005

The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
2011

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
2013

The Celluloid Closet
1996

In Search of Oz
1994

Salinger
2013

Global Haywire
2006

Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946

Gattaca
1997

Bob Roberts
1992

Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
2003

Norman Mailer: The American
2012

With Honors
1994

One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
2005

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005

Inside Deep Throat
2005

The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
1993

Wilde Salomé
2013

Billy the Kid
1989

Roma
1972

Shadow Conspiracy
1997

The Homosexuals
1967

Valentino's Ghost
2013

Revisiting Brideshead
2005

Suddenly, Last Summer
1959

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994

The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006

Thinking XXX
2004

Public Speaking
2011

Shrink
2009

Rescued from the Closet
2001

The Best Man
1964

Igby Goes Down
2002

The Cockettes
2002

The Simpsons
1989

Family Guy
1999

Jack & Bobby
2004

The David Susskind Show
1959

Da Ali G Show
2000

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

The Henry Rollins Show
2006

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010

Wogan
1982

Playboy After Dark
1969
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Apostrophes
1975

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003

What's My Line?
1950

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

American Experience
1988

Omnibus
1967

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976

Thomas Jefferson
1997

Television
1985

National Geographic Explorer
1985