Biography
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-born American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful and two Broadway plays, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. In 1957...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Simplest Thing in the World
2017
Short Story
The short film deals with the character of Henry Dorn, who tries to write a script for a commercial movie after a major failure, the character will ha...
Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2014
Novel
In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and i...
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2012
Novel
Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continu...
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011
Novel
A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by A...
Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Revealing the surprising life story of one of the world's most influential minds, this unprecedented film weaves together Ayn Rand's own recollections...
Red Hollywood
1996
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary that examines the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist and offers a radically different perspective on a key period in t...
Gawaahi
1989
Original Story
Jhanvi Kaul is on trial for the murder of her lover and employer, Ranjeet Choudhary. A series of prosecution witnesses build a damning case against he...
The Fountainhead
1949
Screenplay, Novel
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to ...
Love Letters
1945
Screenplay
When a man asks another man more facile with words to do his wooing for him, there are always complications. The man with no talent for writing marrie...
You Came Along
1945
Writer
War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chaperone" Ivy Hotchkiss. Bob's a cheerful Lothario with ...
We the Living, Part Two
1942
Novel
After having been captured in a Crimea during a failed attempt to flee overseas, Leo returns in Petersburg for Kira.
We the Living, Part One
1942
Novel
At 18, the beautiful and intelligent Kira comes to Petersburg as the Communists consolidate power. She rebuffs a cousin who rises in the Party and may...
The Night of January 16th
1941
Theatre Play
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle, who has a vested interes...
The King of Kings
1927
as (uncredited)
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywoo...