Terry Southern

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1924-05-01

Deathday 1995-10-29 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Alvarado, Texas, USA

Terry Southern

Biography

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.

Known For

Writer

1988
The Telephone

as Writer

1970
End of the Road

as Screenplay

1969
Easy Rider

as Screenplay

1969
1969
The Magic Christian

as Screenplay

1968
Candy

as Novel

1968
Barbarella

as Screenplay

1967
Don't Make Waves

as Screenplay

1965
The Cincinnati Kid

as Screenplay

1965
The Loved One

as Screenplay

1958
Emperor Jones

as Adaptation

Actor

1999
The Source

as Self

1970
End of the Road

as Mr. Caruso

1968
The Queen

as Self - Jury Member

Crew

1965
The Collector

as Additional Writing

Producer

1970
End of the Road

as Producer