Biography
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories. He is known also for his unrepentant lifelong use of alcohol, LSD, mescaline, and cocaine (among other substances); his love of firearms; his inveterate hatred of Richard Nixon; and his iconoclastic contempt for authoritarianism. While suffering a...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Johnny Depp: The Love of the Bizarre
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Depp started off as a punk band guitarist, turning to acting to help pay the bills. But his dabbling catapulted him to global fame and there wa...
Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Hunter S. Thompson went to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago as a journalist and returned home disgusted, yet motivated by what he’d just seen...
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020
as Self (Archive Footage)
This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the counterculture, incl...
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
2018
as Self
A documentary about Top Value Television (TVTV), a band of merry video makers who, from 1972 to 1977, took the then brand-new portable video camera an...
For No Good Reason
2012
as Self (archive footage)
For No Good Reason a film about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the visually stunning journey, smashing narrative conventions, moving seamlessly fr...
The Rum Diary
2011
Novel
Tired of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, itinerant journalist Paul Kemp travels to the ...
Animals, Whores & Dialogue: Breakfast with Hunter Vol. 2
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Animals, Whores & Dialogue is more than just a sequel to Wayne Ewing's 2003 Breakfast with Hunter which Variety declared to be a movie "that captu...
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, ...
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
2008
Writer
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, ...
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
as Self (archive footage)
An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her internati...
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self (archive footage)
A personal, intimate look at journalist Hunter S. Thompson with a special emphasis on his Hollywood relationships. It captures the legacy and "gonzo" ...
Free Lisl: Fear & Loathing in Denver
2006
as Self
Free Lisl-Fear & Loathing in Denver chronicles the last hurrah of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson - the freeing of an innocent young girl from a life sente...
Fuck
2006
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.
Come on Down: Searching for the American Dream
2005
as Self
The director paints a car with the Canadian flag and embarks on a road trip through America in search of the meaning of the so-called American Dream, ...
Breakfast with Hunter
2003
as Self
Breakfast with Hunter is a feature length documentary starring the infamous outlaw journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Edited by director Wayne Ewing f...
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
2003
as Self
Hunter Thompson visits the set of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Tripping
1999
as Self
A look at the life and influence of acclaimed sixties writer Ken Kesey. Features archive footage of his 1964 Magic Bus Tour with The Merry Pranksters.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
as Other Duke in Matrix Flashback (uncredited)
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycl...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
Novel
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycl...
Anthem
1997
as Self
When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply ...
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
1993
as Self
Produced in 1993, this documentary depicts the development of Annie Leibovitz's career as a celebrity photographer.
Hunter S. Thompson: The Crazy Never Die
1988
as Self
Hunter S. Thompson speaks out on: the Iran/Contra affair, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Politicians and Lawyers, John McFarlaine, Oliver North, and Rich...
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980
Story
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
1978
as Self
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, also known as Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, is a documentary film produced by BBC in 1978 on the subje...
When I Die
N/A
as Self
"When I Die" is about the making of the Gonzo Monument to Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, and the blasting of his ashes into the heavens. The infamous outlaw ...