About

Known credits:
56
Birthday:
1923-01-31
Place of birth:
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
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Norman Mailer

Overview

Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II—more than any other post-war American writer.

His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948 and brought him early renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel Armies of the Night won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award. His best-known work is widely considered to be The Executioner's Song, the 1979 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Mailer is considered an innovator of "creative non-fiction" or "New Journalism", along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe, a genre which uses the style and devices of literary fiction in factual journalism. He was a cultural commentator and critic, expressing his views through his novels, journalism, frequent press appearances and essays, the most famous and reprinted of which is "The White Negro". In 1955, he and three others founded The Village Voice, an arts and politics-oriented weekly newspaper distributed in Greenwich Village.

In 1960, Mailer was convicted of assault and served a three-year probation after he stabbed his wife Adele Morales with a penknife, nearly killing her. In 1969, he ran an unsuccessful campaign to become the mayor of New York. Mailer was married six times and had nine children.

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Known for

Acting
2023 How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2021 The Capote Tapes Actor Self (voice) (archive footage) 58
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2019 What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael Actor Self 59
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2014 The 50 Year Argument Actor Himself 59
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2013 Diaries, Notes, and Sketches Actor Self 59
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2012 Norman Mailer: The American Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2008 Henry Kissinger: Secrets of a Superpower Actor Self 59
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2007 365 Day Project Actor N/A
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2006 Marilyn Monroe: Still Life Actor Self - Writer & Filmmaker N/A
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2005 The Outsider Actor Self 59
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2005 Inside Deep Throat Actor Self 59
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2003 The Education of Gore Vidal Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2003 The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2001 New York in the Fifties Actor Self N/A
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2001 L'étrange festival Actor Himself N/A
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2000 Oh My America Actor Himself N/A
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2000 Mailer on Mailer Actor Himself 59
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2000 Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale Actor 59
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1999 Cremaster 2 Actor Harry Houdini 59
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1996 When We Were Kings Actor Self 64
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1996 Baby Trouble Hole Actor Interviewed N/A
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1988 Hello Actors Studio Actor Self 59
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1987 King Lear Actor The Great Writer 58
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1985 Empire City Actor Self 59
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1981 Ragtime Actor Stanford White 61
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1979 Town Bloody Hall Actor Himself 58
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1973 Year of the Woman Actor N/A
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1971 Maidstone Actor Norman T. Kingsley 58
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1970 Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising Actor N/A
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1968 Beyond the Law Actor Lt. Francis Xavier Pope 58
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1968 Wild 90 Actor Prince 58
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1968 Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up? Actor Self N/A
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Directing
1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance Directing Director 57
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1971 Maidstone Directing Director 58
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1968 Beyond the Law Directing Director 58
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1968 Wild 90 Directing Director 58
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1947 Untitled (Millicent's Dream) Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Writing Writer 58
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2000 American Tragedy Writing Writer 59
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1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance Writing Writer 57
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1987 King Lear Writing Writer 58
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1982 The Executioner's Song Writing Writer N/A
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1982 The Executioner's Song Writing Writer 58
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1980 Marilyn: The Untold Story Writing Book 59
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1971 Maidstone Writing Writer 58
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1968 Beyond the Law Writing Writer 58
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1966 An American Dream Writing Novel 58
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1958 The Naked and the Dead Writing Novel 58
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Production
2002 Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Production Executive Producer 58
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1971 Maidstone Production Producer 58
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1968 Beyond the Law Production Producer 58
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1968 Wild 90 Production Producer 58
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Editing
1971 Maidstone Editing Editor 58
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1968 Beyond the Law Editing Editor 58
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1968 Wild 90 Editing Editor 58
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1947 Untitled (Millicent's Dream) Editing Editor N/A
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