Hunter S. Thompson
July 18, 1937 (89 years old) in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author born in Louisville, Kentucky, and the originator of Gonzo journalism, a style in which the reporter becomes a central participant in the story. After gaining attention with Hell's Angels, he published Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, first serialized in Rolling Stone, followed by Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72. His work was adapted into the films Where the Buffalo Roam, Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, in which he made a brief appearance, and The Rum Diary. He died by suicide at his home in Woody Creek, Colorado.
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Credits
- 2020 · Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President as Self (Archive Footage)
- 2018 · TVTV: Video Revolutionaries as Self
- 2012 · For No Good Reason as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Animals, Whores & Dialogue: Breakfast with Hunter Vol. 2 as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
- 2006 · Free Lisl: Fear & Loathing in Denver as Self
- 2006 · Fuck as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · When I Die as Self
- 2005 · Come on Down: Searching for the American Dream as Self
- 2003 · Breakfast with Hunter as Self
- 2003 · Hunter Goes to Hollywood as Self
- 1999 · Tripping as Self
- 1998 · Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Other Duke in Matrix Flashback (uncredited)
- 1997 · Anthem as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary as Self
- 1988 · Hunter S. Thompson: The Crazy Never Die as Self
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1978 · Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood as Self