Larry Kramer

Biography

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

Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
Joe Papp in Five Acts
Joe Papp in Five Acts
The Out List
The Out List
Positive
Positive
Vito
Vito
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
How to Survive a Plague
How to Survive a Plague

Filmography

2018 Every Act of Life
as Self
2018 Howard
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Burden of Genius
as Self – Writer/Activist/Liver Transplant Patient
2015 Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
as Himself
2013 Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
as Self
2013 The Out List
as Himself
2012 How to Survive a Plague
as Self
2012 Stories from the Plague
as
2012 Joe Papp in Five Acts
as Self
2011 30 Years from Here
as Himself
2011 Vito
as Himself
2011 Making the Boys
as Self
2009 Sex Positive
as Himself
2009 Outrage
as Self
2006 The Books of James: Director's Cut
as Self
2005 Gay Sex in the 70s
as Himself
1999 After Stonewall
as Self
1992 Voices from the Front
as Himself
1990 Positive
as Himself
1989 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
as Self (archive footage)