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Dominick Dunne (1925-2009)

Birthplace:
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.

Born:
October 29, 1925

Died:
August 26, 2009

Biography from TheMovieDB

Dominick John Dunne (October 29, 1925 – August 26, 2009) was an American writer, investigative journalist, and producer. He began his career as a producer in film and television, noted for involvement with the pioneering gay film The Boys in the Band (1970) and the award-winning drug film The Panic in Needle Park (1971). He turned to writing in the early 1970s. After the 1982 murder of his daughter Dominique, he came to focus on the ways in which wealth and high society interacts with the judicial system. A frequent contributor to Vanity Fair, Dunne, from the 1980s, also appeared regularly on television discussing crime.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Dominick Dunne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1955  Our Town

Executive Producer:
1955  Our Town
1970  The Boys in the Band
1995  919 Fifth Avenue

Novel:
1955  Our Town
1970  The Boys in the Band
1990  People Like Us
1995  919 Fifth Avenue
1996  A Season in Purgatory

Producer:
1955  Our Town
1970  The Boys in the Band
1971  The Panic in Needle Park
1972  Play It as It Lays
1973  Ash Wednesday
1978  The Users
1990  People Like Us
1995  919 Fifth Avenue
1996  A Season in Purgatory

Production Assistant:
1955  Our Town
1958  Portrait of a Murderer
1970  The Boys in the Band
1971  The Panic in Needle Park
1972  Play It as It Lays
1973  Ash Wednesday
1978  The Users
1990  People Like Us
1995  919 Fifth Avenue
1996  A Season in Purgatory

Writer:
1955  Our Town
1958  Portrait of a Murderer
1970  The Boys in the Band
1971  The Panic in Needle Park
1972  Play It as It Lays
1973  Ash Wednesday
1978  The Users
1990  People Like Us
1995  919 Fifth Avenue
1996  A Season in Purgatory

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Novel:
1987  The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1991  An Inconvenient Woman

Producer:
1959  Adventures in Paradise
1987  The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1991  An Inconvenient Woman

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