Charles Bukowski

Known For

Barfly Writer

(1987)

Factotum Writer

(2005)

Lune froide Writer

(1991)

Storie di ordinaria follia Writer

(1981)

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Writer (49 credits)

2010 The Devil Was Hot (Video short) (completed)

2017 The Laughing Heart (Short)

2016 Nothing Else to Do (Short)

2016 Alone with Everybody (Short)

2016 Girl on the Escalator (Short) (poem)

2015/IV Vessel (Short) (writer: excerpt from "On Seeing An Old Civil War Painting With My Love")

2015 Sitting on a Fire Escape Eating Eggs (Short) (inspired by)

2015 The Strangest Thing Just Happened (Short) (original story)

2014 Hit Man (Short) (story)

2013 Fuck the Forest (Short) (original story)

2013 Charles Bukowski's Nirvana (Short) (original story)

2012 The Laughing Heart (Short) (poem by)

2012 The Midnight Show (TV Series) (based on poem by - 1 episode)

- Doomed Pioneers (2012) ... (based on poem by)

2011/II Mask (Short) (inspired by)

2011 Mermaid of Venice (Short) (based on a short story by)

2011 Dr Nazi (Short) (short story)

2009 Nedgång och Fall (Short) (novel)

2008 Encore une nuit de merde dans cette ville pourrie (Short) (original idea)

2008 Syn Szatana (Short) (short story)

2007 Pink & Tender (Short) (story "Rape! Rape!")

2006/I The Suicide (Short) (short story)

2005 Um Homem (Short)

2005 Frozen Food Section (Short) (adapted from the poem by)

2005 Factotum (novel)

2004 My Old Man (Short)

2003/II Son of Satan (Short)

2002 Apporte-moi ton amour (Short) (short story)

2001 Broken-Mirror Music (Short) (short story)

2000 Bring Me Your Love (Short) (story)

2000 The Man with the Beautiful Eyes (Short) (poem "The Man with the Beautiful Eyes")

1998 Love for $17.50 (Short) (story)

1998 Horseshoe (Short) (poem)

1995 An Evil Town (Short) (short story)

1995 Bukowski at Bellevue (Documentary)

1995 The Living Room Festival (TV Series) (poem)

1994 Amor por menos (Short) (story)

1994 The Blanket

1994 The Works III (TV Movie) (poems)

1993 Lonely at the Top (Short) (writer)

1991 Guts (Short) (short story)

1991 Sve Zene Se Zovu Kiki (Short) (story)

1991 Lune froide (novels "Copulating Mermaid of Venice" and "Trouble with the Battery")

1990 Love Pig (Short) (story "Bring Me Your Love")

1988 Lune froide (Short) (novels "Copulating Mermaid of Venice" and "Trouble with the Battery")

1987 Crazy Love (novels)

1987 Barfly (written by)

1987 900 Pounds (Short)

1984 The Killers (based on his short story "The Killers")

1981 Storie di ordinaria follia (book "Erections, Ejaculation, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness")

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Actor (3 credits)

1987 Barfly
Bar Patron (uncredited)

1984 The Killers
The Author

1977 Supervan
Wet T-Shirt Contest Water Boy (uncredited)

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Soundtrack (1 credit)

2005 Factotum (lyrics: "I Wish to Weep", "Slow Day")

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Thanks (6 credits)

The Owl in Echo Park (grateful acknowledgment) (filming)

2018 The Night Kept Coming on and There Was Nothing I Could Do About It (Video short) (inspirational thanks)

2011 Breakfast with Bukowski (Short) (very special thanks)

2007 Nice Guy Blues (Short) (special thanks)

1995 The Crossing Guard (dedicatee)

1994 Somebody to Love (thanks)

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Self (9 credits)

2008 The Last Straw (Video documentary)
Himself

2008 There's Gonna Be a God Damn Riot in Here (Video documentary)
Himself

1995 Bukowski at Bellevue (Documentary)
Himself

1990 The Best Hotel on Skid Row (TV Movie documentary)
Narrator (voice)

1985 Charles Bukowski par Barbet Schroeder (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Episode dated 8 February 1985 (1985) ... Himself

- Episode dated 7 February 1985 (1985) ... Himself

- Episode dated 6 February 1985 (1985) ... Himself

- Episode dated 5 February 1985 (1985) ... Himself

- Episode dated 4 February 1985 (1985) ... Himself

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1982 Poetry in Motion (Documentary)
Himself

1982 Personenbeschreibung (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Charles Bukowski - Porträt des Künstlers als alter Hund (1982) ... Himself

1978 Apostrophes (TV Series)
Himself

- En marge de la société (1978) ... Himself

1973 Bukowski (Documentary)
Himself

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Archive footage (10 credits)

2017 Figure (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- Apostrophe/Emmanuel Macron (2017) ... Himself

2016 You Never Had It: An Evening With Bukowski (Documentary)
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2016 Ma Langue dans Ta Poche (TV Mini-Series documentary)
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- Le tabou: les mots que l'on ne doit pas dire (2016) ... Himself

2015 Welcome to the Basement (TV Series)
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- Three Cases of Murder (2015) ... Himself

2014 Artbound (TV Series)
Himself

- Bukowski Reads Bukowski (2014) ... Himself

2008 Il falso bugiardo
Himself

2007 Jukebox: From Edison to Ipod (Documentary)
Himself

2006 Loren Cass
Voice 3

2003 Bukowski: Born into This (Documentary)
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1982 Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (TV Series)
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- Cinéma et parapsychologie (1982) ... Himself

Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "Hollywood"

Publicity Listings:

8 Biographical Movies | 2 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 2 Articles | See more »

Height:

5' 11¾" (1.82 m)

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Personal Quote:

[on Barfly (1987)] What I did, for 10 years I didn't write. I drank. I lived with various women and worked odd jobs. I got some material to write about. Down to earth stuff. To use a cliché. When I was sitting in those bars, I had no idea it would come to a movie.(...)I can see people saying, the guy's a drunk at the bar - so what? They think lives should be attached to some purpose or goal. I ... See more »