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Terry Southern
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Screenwriter, Book Author Born: May 1, 1924 in Alvalrado, TX Death: October 29, 1995 in New York, NY Biography:"Terry Southern" was a master of satirical novels and screenplays. He initially made a name for himself when he co-wrote the controversial novel "Candy" with Mason Hoffenberg in the late 1950s. The story was a rollicking update of Voltaire's "Candide" that centered on a curious college girl whose exploration of the world and her own sexuality gets her into many erotic situations. As a scriptwriter, Southern was responsible for writing and co-writing scripts for such memorable films as the Academy Award-nominated script for Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) with "Peter George" and director "Stanley Kubrick", "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965), "Barbarella" (1968) and "Easy Rider" -- for which he shared a second Oscar nomination with "Dennis Hopper" and "Peter Fonda" in 1969. Before becoming a professional writer, Southern attended Southern Methodist University in... Full Biography
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