Allen Ginsberg
Born
June 3, 1926
Died
April 5, 1997 (70 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation, which included famous writers such as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs.
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Known For
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
2025
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
Self (archive footage)
2025
A Supermarket in Californi
Self (voice) (archive)
2024
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
Self (archive footage)
2024
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Self (archive footage)
2023
Why Is We Americans?
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Velvet Underground
Self (archive footage)
2021
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2020
Symphony Of The Invisible
Self (voice) (archive)
2020
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
The Oracle of Delphi
2019
Take Your Pills
Self (archive footage)
2018
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
Self (archive footage)
2017
How the Beatles Changed the World
Self (archive footage)
2017
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Self (archive footage)
2017
Uncle Howard
Self (archive footage)
2017
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
Self (archive footage)
2015
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
2015
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
Self (archive footage)
2014
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2014
Beat Generation
Self (archive footage)
2014
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self (archive footage)
2013
Norman Mailer: The American
Self (archive footage)
2012
The Beat Hotel
Self (archive footage)
2012
Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Self (archive footage)
2011
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Self (archive footage)
2010
Howl
Self
2010
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self (archive footage)
2009
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Self (archive footage)
2008
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
Self (archive footage)
2008
Chicago 10
Self (archive footage)
2008
65 Revisited
Self (archive footage)
2007
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
Self (archive footage)
2007
To John With Love
Self (archive footage)
2006
Poets at the Living Theater
Self (archive footage)
2006
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)
2005
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Cockettes
Self (archive footage)
2002
American Magus
Self (archive footage)
2002
New York in the Fifties
Self (archive footage)
2001
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2000
Condo Painting
Self (archive footage)
2000
New York: A Documentary Film
Self - Commentator · (2 episodes)
1999
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
Self (archive footage)
1999
The Source
Self (archive footage)
1999
Brakhage
Self (archive footage)
1998
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
1997
Ballad of the Skeletons
Self (archive footage)
1997
On the Road to Desolation
Self (archive footage)
1997
Happy Birthday to John
Self
1997
Birth of a Nation
Self
1997
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
Self
1997
U2: A Year in Pop
Self
1997
A Poet from the Lower East Side
Self
1997
Van Gogh's Ear
Self
1995
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
1994
ChickenHawk
Self
1994
Jonas in the Desert
Self
1994
Moving Pictures
Self
1994
Road Scholar
Self
1993
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Self
1990
Berkeley in the Sixties
Self
1990
Silence = Death
Self
1990
Summer of Love
Self
1990
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
Self
1989
Heavy Petting
Self
1989
Growing Up in America
Self
1989
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
Self
1989
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
Self
1988
Autumn Ritual
Self
1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
1986
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Self
1986
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
Lawyer
1985
All Star Video
Self (archive footage)
1985
Before Stonewall
Self
1984
Burroughs: The Movie
Self
1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Self
1984
Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
Self
1984
This Song for Jack
Self
1983
Poetry in Motion
Self
1982
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
Self
1982
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
Self
1981
No. 18: Mahagonny
Self
1980
La marche gaie
Self
1980
Lake Placid '80
Self
1980
Gay March on Washington
Self
1979
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Self
1979
Thot-Fal'N
Self
1978
Renaldo and Clara
The Father
1978
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
Self
1977
Lost, Lost, Lost
Self
1976
Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
1976
Suite 212
Self
1974
We Can't Go Home Again
Allen
1973
Ciao! Manhattan
Self
1973
Global Groove
Self
1973
Pickup's Tricks
Self
1973
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
Self
1971
Johnny Minotaur
1971
Bed Peace
Self
1969
Me and My Brother
Self
1969
The Fall
Self
1969
Yippie
Self
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968
A.G.
Self
1968
Underground New York
Self
1968
Chicago
Self
1968
Anatomy of Violence
Self
1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Self
1967
Ah, Sunflower
Self
1967
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
Self (archive footage)
1967
Herostratus
Poet (voice)
1967
Dont Look Back
Self (uncredited)
1967
Hare Krishna
Self
1967
Be-In
Self
1967
Joan of Arc
Self
1967
Galaxie
Self
1966
Chappaqua
Messiah
1966
Wholly Communion
Self
1965
Dylan Speaks
Self (archive footage)
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self
1965
Allan for Allan
Self
1965
He! Viva Dada
Self
1965
Couch
Self
1964
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
Guns of the Trees
Self (voice)
1961
Pull My Daisy
Alan
1959