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