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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allen Ginsberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Homepage | http://allenginsberg.org/ |
|---|---|
| Birth Location | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| Born | 1926-06-03 |
| Died | 1997-04-05 |
Movies
2024
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Why Is We Americans?
as Self
2022
The Velvet Underground
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Symphony Of The Invisible
as Himself (voice)
2020
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
as The Oracle of Delphi
2019
Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
2018
How the Beatles Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Don't Blink: Robert Frank
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Uncle Howard
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Beat Generation
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
2012
The Beat Hotel
as Self (archival)
2012
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Howl
as Himself
2010
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as Himself
2009
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Chicago 10
as Self (archive footage)
2008
65 Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2007
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Dylan Speaks 1965
as Self
2006
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self
2005
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
as Himself (archive footage)
2004
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
2002
American Magus
as Himself
2002
New York in the Fifties
as Self
2001
2000
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
as Himself
1999
The Source
as Self
1999
Brakhage
as Himself
1998
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Happy Birthday to John
as Himself
1997
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1997
1997
U2: A Year in Pop
as Himself
1997
A Poet from the Lower East Side
as Himself
1997
Van Gogh's Ear
as Himself
1995
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
as Himself (archive footage)
1994
Jonas in the Desert
as Self
1994
ChickenHawk
as Himself
1994
Road Scholar
as Self
1993
Berkeley in the Sixties
as Self
1990
Silence = Death
as Himself
1990
1990
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
as himself
1989
Heavy Petting
as Self
1989
Growing Up in America
as Self
1989
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
as Himself
1989
Autumn Ritual
as Self
1986
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
as Himself
1986
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
as Lawyer
1985
All Star Video
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Before Stonewall
as Himself
1984
Burroughs: The Movie
as Self
1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
1984
1983
1982
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
as Himself
1981
1980
1980
La marche gaie
as Self
1980
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Himself
1979
Thot-Fal'N
as Himself
1978
Renaldo and Clara
as The Father
1978
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
as Self
1977
Lost, Lost, Lost
as Self
1976
Suite 212
as Self
1974
We Can't Go Home Again
as Allen
1973
Ciao! Manhattan
as Himself
1973
1973
1973
1971
Me and My Brother
as Himself
1969
1969
Yippie
as Himself
1968
1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
1968
Underground New York
as Himself
1968
1967
Anatomy of Violence
as Self
1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
as Himself
1967
Ah, Sunflower
as Self
1967
Herostratus
as Poet (voice)
1967
Bob Dylan - Dont Look Back
as Self (uncredited)
1967
Hare Krishna
as Himself
1967
1967
Galaxie
as Himself
1966
Chappaqua
as Messiah
1966
Wholly Communion
as Himself
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
1965
1965
He! Viva Dada
as Self
1965
Couch
as Himself
1964
Guns of the Trees
as Self (voice)
1961
Pull My Daisy
as Alan
1959
Movies
Tropico
Poem
2013
Ballad of the Skeletons
Music
1997
Ballad of the Skeletons
Writer
1997
1979
Me and My Brother
Poem
1969
Yippie
Director
1968