Michael Herr
Michael Herr ( born April 13, 1940 in Syracuse, New York) is an American author and screenwriter. The former Kriegsberichtserstatter is as the author of Dispatches (German: betrayed to hell), a memoir about his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine ( 1967-1969 ) during the Vietnam War, known. The book was described by The New York Times Book Review as the best written about the Vietnam War. In addition, Mr. is considered one of the pioneers of the literary genres of non-fiction novel (along with Truman Capote, Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe).
Mr. Michael was nominated for an Oscar co-author of the screenplay for Full Metal Jacket, he together with his friend Stanley Kubrick and Gustav Hasford, author of the original literary work The Short - Timers, wrote. Lord also wrote the voice-over text for Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, continued to work with Richard Stanley for the original screenplay for the film adaptation of the story The Island of Dr. Moreau by HG Wells together.
Mr. Michael now lives in Delhi, New York. He wrote an early draft of the script to a planned film adaptation of the book On the Road by Jack Kerouac, which was rejected.