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Stephen King

Stephen King

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Born September 21, 1947, Portland, Maine, USA

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. He is widely known for his horror novels and has been crowned the "King of Horror". He has also explored other genres: suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections. His debut, Carrie (1974), established him in horror. Different Seasons (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976), The Shining (1980), The Dead Zone and Christine (both 1983), Stand by Me(1986), Misery (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Green Mile (1999), The Mist (2007), and It (2017). He has also published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and  Owen King. He has also written nonfiction, notably Danse Macabre (1981) and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000). Among other awards, he has won the O. Henry Award for "The Man in the Black Suit" (1994) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller for 11/22/63 (2011). He has also won honours for his overall contributions to literature, including the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2014 National Medal of Arts. Joyce Carol Oates called King "a brilliantly rooted, psychologically 'realistic' writer for whom the American scene has been a continuous source of inspiration, and American popular culture a vast cornucopia of possibilities." Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (31)
  • 2025Chain Reactions — Self
  • 2023King on Screen — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Stephen King: A Necessary Evil — Self - Writer (archive footage)
  • 2019Die Stephen King Story — Himself
  • 2019The King: Stephen King's America — Himself
  • 2019The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends — Self
  • 2018101 Seconds — Self
  • Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self
  • 2018Stephen King: Master of Horror — Self
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
  • 2014Meister des Grauens - Thomas Gottschalk präsentiert Stephen King — Self
  • 2013Stuck in Love — Self (voice)
  • Finding Your Roots — Self
  • 2011A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King — Self
  • Markus Lanz — Self
  • 100 Scariest Movie Moments — Self
  • 2000Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune — Himself
  • 2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile — Self - Author
  • 2000Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me — Self
  • 1999Stephen King: Shining in the Dark — Self
  • Sternstunde Kunst — Self
  • The View — Self - Guest
  • The Daily Show — Self
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • Morgenmagazin — Self
  • 1992The Rock Bottom Remainders — Self
  • 1989Stephen King's World of Horror — Self
  • 1987Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg — Self
  • 1986Stephen King's World of Horror — Self
  • Jeopardy! — Self
  • Today — Self
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