National Book Award Non-Ficton "United States: Essays 1952-1992" 1993
National Book Critics Circle Award criticism 1982
1992 Played major supporting role in "Bob Roberts"
1990 Co-wrote the screenplay for "The Palermo Connection"
1989 Scripted the TNT miniseries "Gore Vidal's 'Billy the Kid'"; also had small role as a minister
1986 Wrote the NBC miniseries "Dress Gray"
1979 Did uncredited work on the script for "Caligula"
1972 Wrote the play "An Evening with Richard Nixon"
1972 First film appearance, "Fellini's Roma"
1970 Adapted "The Last of the Mobile Hot-Shots" from a work by Tennessee Williams
1968 Published controversial book "Myra Breckinridge", a spoof of Hollywood
1968 Penned the play "Weekend"
1966 Co-wrote the script at "Is Paris Burning?"
1964 Wrote film adaptation of "The Best Man"; awarded Cannes Film Festival Critics' Prize
1964 Hosted TV show, "Hot Line"
1960 Unsuccessful bid for New York Congressional seat
1959 Collaborated with Tennessee Williams on the adaptation of "Suddenly, Last Summer"
1959 Contributed to the screenplay for the Oscar-winning Best Picture "Ben-Hur"
1956 Screenwriting debut, "The Catered Affair", based on Paddy Chayefsky's play
1955 TV writing debut, an adaptation of the George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber Broadway play from the 1930s, "Stage Door"
1955 Enjoyed success with TV presentation "Visit to a Small Planet"; later adapted as a Broadway play (1957) and a film (1960)
1951 Subject of a chapter in John W Aldridge's book "After a Lost Generation: A Critical Study of the Writers of Two Wars" which sharply criticized his work
1948 Third novel, "The City and the Pillar", caused controversy because its hero was a homosexual
1946 Published first novel, "Williwaw"
1943 Served in US Army Reserve Corps in the Aleutian Islands
As a teenager, began writing fiction and poetry
Adopted various pseudonyms in the 1950s after The New York Times banned reviews of his work