Vito Russo

Biography

Vito Russo was an American LGBT activist, film historian, and author. He is best remembered as the author of the book The Celluloid Closet, described in The New York Times as "an essential reference book" on homosexuality in the US film industry.

Movie Appearances

6.9

Vito

as Self

2011

An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends

as Self

1993

7.0

Voices from the Front

as Himself

1992

6.3

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

as Himself (archive footage)

2015

7.1

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

2017

6.9

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

as Storyteller (Story Subject: Jeffrey Sevcik)

1989

7.1

A Very Natural Thing

1974

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

as Self (archive footage)

2026