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Michael David Herr was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. The book was called the best "to have been written about the Vietnam War" by The New York Times Book Review. Novelist John le Carré called it "the best book I have ever read on men and war in our time."
Birth Name
Michael David Herr
Born
Saturday, 13 April 1940
Died
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Self | 2001 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Full Metal Jacket | 1987 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1988 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Nominated |
