Ron Kovic
- Profesión
- Writing
- Nacimiento
- 4 de julio de 1946
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Ladysmith, Wisconsin, USA
Biografía
Ronald Lawrence Kovic (born July 4, 1946) is an American anti-war activist, author, and United States Marine Corps sergeant who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. His best selling 1976 memoir Born on the Fourth of July was made into the film of the same name which starred actor Tom Cruise as Kovic, and was co-written by Kovic and directed by Oliver Stone.
Kovic received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay on January 20, 1990, 22 years to the day that he was wounded in Vietnam, and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category.
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Películas con Ron Kovic
- Nacido el cuatro de julio 1989 · ★ 7.0
- Los Estados Unidos contra John Lennon 2006 · ★ 6.6
- We Are Many 2014 · ★ 6.7
- Fred Baker - filmmaker 2007