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