Nova '78
2026 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg
1926-06-03
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Newark, New Jersey, USA
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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.
Filmography
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
2026 · Movie
as Self
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ALLEN & AI
2026 · Movie
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025 · Movie
as Self - poet
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Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
A Supermarket in Californi
2024 · Movie
as Self (voice) (archive)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Why Is We Americans?
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Velvet Underground
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Symphony Of The Invisible
2020 · Movie
as Self (voice) (archive)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019 · Movie
as The Oracle of Delphi
Take Your Pills
2018 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
A Walking Tour of the East Village 1985
2018 · Movie
as Self
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
2017 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
2015 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
2015 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
2015 · Movie
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Beat Generation
2014 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
2014 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Norman Mailer: The American
2012 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Beat Hotel
2012 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
2011 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Howl
2010 · Movie
as Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
65 Revisited
2007 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
To John With Love
2006 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Poets at the Living Theater
2006 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues
2006 · Movie
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005 · Movie
as Self
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
2004 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
American Magus
2002 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Cockettes
2002 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Condo Painting
2000 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
1999 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Source
1999 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
New York: A Documentary Film
1999 · TV Show
as Self - Commentator
Brakhage
1998 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
A Poet from the Lower East Side
1997 · Movie
as Self
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1997 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday to John
1997 · Movie
as Self
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997 · Movie
as Self
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Movie
as Self
Ballad of the Skeletons
1997 · Movie
as Self
U2: A Year in Pop
1997 · Movie
as Self
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On the Road to Desolation
1997 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Van Gogh's Ear
1995 · Movie
as Self
Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys
1994 · Movie
as Self
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
1994 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Jonas in the Desert
1994 · Movie
as Self
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Moving Pictures
1994 · Movie
as Self
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An Autumn Wind
1994 · Movie
as Self
Road Scholar
1993 · Movie
as Self
Berkeley in the Sixties
1990 · Movie
as Self
Silence = Death
1990 · Movie
as Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990 · Movie
as Self
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
1989 · Movie
as Self
Heavy Petting
1989 · Movie
as Self
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989 · Movie
as Self
Growing Up in America
1989 · Movie
as Self
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988 · Movie
as Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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Autumn Ritual
1986 · Movie
as Self
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
1986 · Movie
as Self
All Star Video
1985 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
1985 · Movie
as Lawyer
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984 · Movie
as Self
Burroughs: The Movie
1984 · Movie
as Self
Before Stonewall
1984 · Movie
as Self
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Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1984 · Movie
as Self
This Song for Jack
1983 · Movie
as Self
Poetry in Motion
1982 · Movie
as Self
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982 · Movie
as Self
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
1981 · Movie
as Self
La marche gaie
1980 · Movie
as Self
Lake Placid '80
1980 · Movie
as Self
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No. 18: Mahagonny
1980 · Movie
as Self
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The Beats: An Existential Comedy
1980 · Movie
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Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979 · Movie
as Self
Gay March on Washington
1979 · Movie
as Self
Renaldo and Clara
1978 · Movie
as The Father
Thot-Fal'N
1978 · Movie
as Self
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977 · Movie
as Self
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976 · Movie
as Self
Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
1976 · Movie
Suite 212
1974 · Movie
as Self
We Can't Go Home Again
1973 · Movie
as Allen
Global Groove
1973 · Movie
as Self
Pickup's Tricks
1973 · Movie
as Self
Ciao! Manhattan
1973 · Movie
as Self
Johnny Minotaur
1971 · Movie
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
1971 · Movie
as Self
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971 · Movie
as Self
Me and My Brother
1969 · Movie
as Self
The Fall
1969 · Movie
as Self
Bed Peace
1969 · Movie
as Self
A.G.
1968 · Movie
as Self
Yippie
1968 · Movie
as Self
Underground New York
1968 · Movie
as Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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Chicago
1968 · Movie
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back
1967 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967 · Movie
as Self
Ah, Sunflower
1967 · Movie
as Self
Be-In
1967 · Movie
as Self
Herostratus
1967 · Movie
as Poet (voice)
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
1967 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Hare Krishna
1967 · Movie
as Self
Joan of Arc
1967 · Movie
as Self
Anatomy of Violence
1967 · Movie
as Self
Chappaqua
1966 · Movie
as Messiah
Galaxie
1966 · Movie
as Self
Wholly Communion
1965 · Movie
as Self
Dylan Speaks
1965 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
He! Viva Dada
1965 · Movie
as Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965 · Movie
as Self
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Allan for Allan
1965 · Movie
as Self
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Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964 · Movie
Couch
1964 · Movie
as Self
Guns of the Trees
1961 · Movie
as Self (voice)
Pull My Daisy
1959 · Movie
as Alan
Crew Credits
A Supermarket in Californi
2024 · Movie
Screenplay
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
2017 · Movie
Vocals
Ballad of the Skeletons
1997 · Movie
Writer, Original Music Composer
Good Will Hunting
1997 · Movie
In Memory Of
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An Autumn Wind
1994 · Movie
Writer, Poem
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Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979 · Movie
Other
Me and My Brother
1969 · Movie
Poem
Yippie
1968 · Movie
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