
Person
Terry Southern
Writing · 1924–1995 · Alvarado, Texas, USA
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

Saturday Night Live
Writer

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Screenplay

Candy
Novel

Barbarella
Screenplay

Easy Rider
Writer

The Magic Christian
Screenplay

The Source
Self

The Collector
Additional Writing

The Cincinnati Kid
Screenplay

The Loved One
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2025National Theatre Live: Dr. StrangeloveOriginal Film Writer
- 1999The SourceSelf
- 1988The TelephoneWriter
- 1984Burroughs: The MovieSelf
- 1983Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair ActHimself
- 1975Saturday Night LiveWriter
- 1970End of the RoadMr. Caruso
- 1969The Magic ChristianScreenplay
- 1969Easy RiderWriter
- 1968CandyNovel
- 1968BarbarellaScreenplay
- 1968The QueenSelf - Jury Member
- 1967Don't Make WavesScreenplay
- 1965The Cincinnati KidScreenplay
- 1965The Loved OneScreenplay
- 1965The CollectorAdditional Writing
- 1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombScreenplay
- 1958Emperor JonesAdaptation
- 1956Armchair TheatreWriter
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