Vito Russo

Biography

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.

Known For

A Very Natural Thing

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Vito

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

All Movies (10)

• Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · as Self (archive)
• Larry Kramer In Love & Anger2015 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Vito2011 · as Self (archive)
• One on One with Vito Russo2001 · as Self (archive)
• An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends1993 · as Self
• Voices from the Front1992 · as Himself
• Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt1989 · as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)
• A Very Natural Thing1974