Allen Ginsberg

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-06-03

Deathday 1997-04-05 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Newark, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As Irwin Allen Ginsberg, Alan Ginsberg

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allen Ginsberg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Actor

2024
A Supermarket in Californi

as Self (voice) (archive)

2024
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)

2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Take Your Pills

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

as Self (archive footage)

2017
How the Beatles Changed the World

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Uncle Howard

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
The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

as Self (archive footage)

2014
Great Poets: In Their Own Words

as Self (archive footage)

2014
Beat Generation

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)

2010
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

as Self (archive footage)

2010
Howl

as Self

2009
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Chicago 10

as Self (archive footage)

2007
65 Revisited

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

as Self (archive footage)

2006
To John With Love

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Poets at the Living Theater

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Dylan Speaks 1965

as Self (archive footage)

2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

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
Condo Painting

as Self (archive footage)

1999
1999
The Source

as Self (archive footage)

1999
New York: A Documentary Film

as Self - Commentator

1998
Brakhage

as Self (archive footage)

1997
Ballad of the Skeletons

as Self (archive footage)

1997
On the Road to Desolation

as Self (archive footage)

1997
1997
1995
1994
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

as Self (archive footage)

1994
ChickenHawk

as Self

1994
1993
Road Scholar

as Self

1990
1990
1989
1986
1985
All Star Video

as Self (archive footage)

1984
1983
1982
1980
1980
1980
1978
Thot-Fal'N

as Self

1978
Renaldo and Clara

as The Father

1976
1974
Suite 212

as Self

1973
1973
1973
1969
Bed Peace

as Self

1969
1969
The Fall

as Self

1968
Yippie

as Self

1968
A.G.

as Self

1968
Chicago

as Self

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
1967
Herostratus

as Poet (voice)

1967
Dont Look Back

as Self (uncredited)

1967
Hare Krishna

as Self

1967
Be-In

as Self

1967
Joan of Arc

as Self

1966
Galaxie

as Self

1966
Chappaqua

as Messiah

1965
1965
1965
1964
Couch

as Self

1961
Guns of the Trees

as Self (voice)

1959

Crew

2013
Tropico

as Poem

1997
Good Will Hunting

as In Memory Of

1969

Writer

Director

1968
Yippie

as Director