Biography
Ron Kovic is an American author and screenwriter. He wrote the 1976 memoir Born on the Fourth of July, which he adapted with Oliver Stone into the screenplay for the 1989 film of the same name directed by Stone and starring Tom Cruise.
Kovic, a Vietnam War veteran wounded and paralysed while serving as a Marine sergeant, received the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay in 1990 and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
