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Terry Southern
Alvarado, Texas, USA
Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the P…
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Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village, Southern was also at the center of Swinging London in the 1960s and helped to change the style and substance of American films in the 1970s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Southern, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove
Movie Original Film Writer
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1999
The Source
Movie Self
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1988
The Telephone
Movie Writer
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1984
Burroughs: The Movie
Movie Self
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1983
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Movie Himself
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1975
Saturday Night Live
TV show Writer
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1970
End of the Road
Movie Mr. Caruso
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1969
The Magic Christian
Movie Screenplay
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1969
Easy Rider
Movie Writer
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1968
Candy
Movie Novel
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1968
Barbarella
Movie Screenplay
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1968
The Queen
Movie Self - Jury Member
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1967
Don't Make Waves
Movie Screenplay
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1965
The Cincinnati Kid
Movie Screenplay
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1965
The Loved One
Movie Screenplay
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1965
The Collector
Movie Additional Writing
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1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Movie Screenplay
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1958
Emperor Jones
Movie Adaptation
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1956
Armchair Theatre
TV show Writer
