Larry Kramer
Laurence David Kramer (June 25, 1935 – May 27, 2020) was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London, where he worked with United Artists. There he wrote the screenplay for the film Women in Love (1969) and received an Academy Award nomination for his work.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.008 |
| Birthday | 1935-06-25 |
| Place of Birth | Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA |
| Also Known As |
1989
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
7.2/17
On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS pr...
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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
2013
Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
5/4
Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi is a play retelling the Jesus story, with Jesus as a gay man living in the 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas. This docu...
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Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
2012
Joe Papp in Five Acts
4.5/2
Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arguably the most important theatre in North America—...
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Joe Papp in Five Acts
2013
The Out List
6.1/22
Through the voices of Americans from all walks of life, The Out List explores the identities of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community...
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The Out List
2018
Howard
6.9/49
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely...
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Howard
1990
Positive
4/4
This film powerfully documents New York City's gay community's response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the governm...
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Positive
2011
Vito
7.4/12
In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He w...
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Vito
2015
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
6.3/9
From the onset of the AIDS epidemic, author Larry Kramer emerged as a fiery activist, an Old Testament-style prophet full of righteous fury who denoun...
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Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
2017
Burden of Genius
0/0
In 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl stunned the world with the first successful liver transplantation. His breakthrough provoked controversy. Critics accused h...
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Burden of Genius
2012
How to Survive a Plague
6.8/73
A story of two coalitions – ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) – whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageabl...
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How to Survive a Plague
2011
Making the Boys
5.1/9
Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall uprising, "The Boys in the Band" changed everything....
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Making the Boys
2005
Gay Sex in the 70s
6.2/24
A chronicle of gay culture in New York during the post-Stonewall, pre-AIDs era. Thirteen men and one woman look back at gay life and sex in Manhattan...
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Gay Sex in the 70s
1999
After Stonewall
5.5/12
This sequel to "Before Stonewall" documents the history of gay and lesbian life from the riots at Stonewall in 1969 to the present. Narrated by Meliss...
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After Stonewall
2011
30 Years from Here
1/1
The Emmy Award-nominated 30 Years from Here examines the AIDS pandemic over the past 30 years. Activists and medical experts that share stories includ...
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30 Years from Here
2009
Sex Positive
5.3/10
Sex Positive explores the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay S&M hustler turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable contributio...
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Sex Positive
2018
Every Act of Life
7/8
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay righ...
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Every Act of Life
2012
Stories from the Plague
0/0
The story of the AIDS epidemic from its early, ominous beginnings and the wave of death that followed, through the formation of ACT UP and the arrival...
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Stories from the Plague
1992
Voices from the Front
0/0
In New York City, a distraught activist confronts the mayor with a story of a friend who languished on a cot in an emergency room hallway for nine day...
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Voices from the Front
2006
The Books of James: Director's Cut
0/0
Inspired by a collection of personal notebooks, this feature-length director’s cut of the short film by the same name is an experimental documentary o...
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The Books of James: Director's Cut
2009
Outrage
6.3/28
An indictment of closeted politicians who lobby for anti-gay legislation in the US.
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Outrage
The Man on the Fifth Floor
0/0
An intoxicating look inside New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel through the witty, irreverent lens of composer Gerald Busby. Swirling around Busby's h...
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