Kurt Vonnegut

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Kurt Vonnegut

Writing November 11, 1922

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous books. He published 14 novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five non…

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The Daily Show

The Daily Show

6.4 1996 TV Show
Sicko

Sicko

7.4 2007 Movie
Back to School

Back to School

6.3 1986 Movie
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five

6.5 1972 Movie
The Civil War

The Civil War

7.9 1990 TV Show
Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

5.0 1999 Movie
NET Playhouse

NET Playhouse

7.3 1966 TV Show
Howard

Howard

6.8 2018 Movie
Mother Night

Mother Night

6.6 1996 Movie
2081

2081

6.4 2009 Movie
Harrison Bergeron

Harrison Bergeron

6.8 1995 Movie

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Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous books. He published 14 novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over six decades; and further works have been published since his death.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2021
    Faraway Eyes

    Movie Thanks

  3. 2018
    Howard

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2016
    God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

    Movie Novel

  5. 2016
    2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be

    Movie Original Story

  6. 2015
    Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots

    Movie Self (Archive Footage)

  7. 2015
    Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...

    Movie

  8. 2013
    Vonnegut's Cats Cradle

    Movie Novel

  9. 2010
    The Man from Bagombo

    Movie Writer

  10. 2009
    2081

    Movie Author

  11. 2007
    Sicko

    Movie Thanks

  12. 2007
    Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist

    Movie

  13. 2007
    Never Down

    Movie Robert

  14. 1999
    Breakfast of Champions

    Movie Commercial Director

  15. 1996
    Mother Night

    Movie Sad Man on Street

  16. 1996
    The Daily Show

    TV show Self

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  1. 1995
    Harrison Bergeron

    Movie Short Story

  2. 1995
    The Painted Boy

    Movie Self/Writer

  3. 1993
    New Nightmares

    TV show Himself

  4. 1991
    Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier

    Movie Thanks

  5. 1991
    Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House

    TV show

  6. 1990
    The Civil War

    TV show Various (voice)

  7. 1987
    A Long Walk To Forever

    Movie Writer

  8. 1986
    Back to School

    Movie Self

  9. 1985
    Displaced Person

    Movie Original Story

  10. 1983
    Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes

    Movie Himself

  11. 1982
    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Movie Novel

  12. 1982
    Who Am I This Time?

    Movie Story

  13. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Short Story

  14. 1981
    Brooklyn Bridge

    Movie Self (voice)

  15. 1980
    Deer in the Works

    Movie Story

  16. 1978
    Daisy Petal Game

    Movie Writer

  17. 1975
    Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait

    Movie

  18. 1974
    Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

    Movie Original Story

  19. 1972
    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Movie Novel

  20. 1972
    Between Time and Timbuktu

    Movie Novel

  21. 1971
    Happy Birthday, Wanda June

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 1971
    Film '72

    TV show Self

  23. 1966
    NET Playhouse

    TV show Writer

  24. 1953
    General Electric Theater

    TV show Writer