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Kurt Vonnegut

Acting · 1922–2007 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Biography

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.

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Filmography

2021Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in TimeSelf (archive footage)
2021Faraway EyesThanks
2018HowardSelf (archive footage)
2016God Bless You, Mr RosewaterNovel
20162BR02B: To Be or Naught to BeOriginal Story
2015Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s RootsSelf (Archive Footage)
2015Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...
2013Vonnegut's Cats CradleNovel
2010The Man from BagomboWriter
20092081Author
2007SickoThanks
2007Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist
2007Never DownRobert
1999Breakfast of ChampionsCommercial Director
1996Mother NightSad Man on Street
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1995Harrison BergeronShort Story
1995The Painted BoySelf/Writer
1993New NightmaresHimself
1991Warrior: The Life of Leonard PeltierThanks
1991Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House
1990The Civil WarVarious (voice)
1987A Long Walk To ForeverWriter
1986Back to SchoolSelf
1985Displaced PersonOriginal Story
1983Kurt Vonnegut: So It GoesHimself
1982Slapstick of Another KindNovel
1982Who Am I This Time?Story
1982American PlayhouseShort Story
1981Brooklyn BridgeSelf (voice)
1980Deer in the WorksStory
1978Daisy Petal GameWriter
1975Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait
1974Rex Harrison Presents Stories of LoveOriginal Story
1972Slaughterhouse-FiveNovel
1972Between Time and TimbuktuNovel
1971Happy Birthday, Wanda JuneScreenplay
1971Film '72Self
1966NET PlayhouseWriter
1953General Electric TheaterWriter
—Player PianoNovel

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