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Vito Russo

Vito Russo

Born: 1946-07-11 • Manhattan, New York, USA

Vito Russo was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet, described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry.

Filmography
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson poster
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
2017 • Self (archive footage)
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger poster
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
2015 • Himself (archive footage)
Vito poster
Vito
2011 • Self
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends poster
An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends
1993 • Self
Voices from the Front poster
Voices from the Front
1992 • Himself
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt poster
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989 • Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
A Very Natural Thing poster
A Very Natural Thing
1974