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Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Personal Info

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-06-03
Day of Death
1997-04-05 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA

Allen Ginsberg

Biography

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

Acting

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

Crew

(2024)
A Supermarket in Californi
Screenplay
(2017)
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
Vocals
(1997)
Ballad of the Skeletons
Writer, Music
(1997)
Good Will Hunting
In Memory Of
(1979)
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Other
(1969)
Me and My Brother
Poem
(1968)
Yippie
Director