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Gore Vidal
Known for: WritingEugene 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 24
Gattaca
as Director Josef 
Caligula
Original story 
Is Paris Burning?
Screenplay 
With Honors
as Prof. Pitkannan 
Thomas Jefferson
as Self 
Suddenly, Last Summer
Screenplay 
The Night of the Generals
Screenplay 
Shadow Conspiracy
as Page 
Inside Deep Throat
as Self 
Salinger
as Self - Writer 
The Best Man
Screenplay 
Wilde Salomé
as Self 
Roma
as Gore Vidal (uncredited) 
Best of Enemies
as Self 
The Celluloid Closet
as Self 
The Catered Affair
Screenplay 
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Writer 
Why We Fight
as Self - Author, "Imperial America" 
Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
as Self 
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self 