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After staying with Viggo Mortensen and Exene Cervenka, he wrote Dances with Wolves as a wedding present for them. See more trivia »

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in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA
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1998 Winding Stair (screenplay)
 
1990 Dances with Wolves (novel / screenplay)
 
1983 Stacy's Knights (screenplay)
 
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1998 Winding Stair
 
1986 Laughing Horse (TV movie)
 
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2012 West of Thunder (creative consultant)
 
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2008 The American West: On the Road with Michael Blake (documentary) (producer)
 
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2012 West of Thunder (very special thanks)
 
2011 Inside Story: Dances with Wolves (TV movie) (special thanks)
 
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2012 Saving America's Horses: A Nation Betrayed (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Wild Horses and Renegades (documentary)
Speaker
 
2008 Poison Wind (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The American West: On the Road with Michael Blake (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay
 
1991 The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Screenplay
 
1990 The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (TV documentary short)
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Autobiography: Like A Running Dog (2002) See more »

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Personal Quote:

Characters do not come out of the thin air. I think writers acquire characters by living a life in which something is risked. It's only by being defeated, rejected, exalted, by going through all the peaks and valleys, that you can acquire anything worth writing down. See more »

Trivia:

After staying with Viggo Mortensen and Exene Cervenka, he wrote Dances with Wolves as a wedding present for them. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer