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.
Movie | Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV | Self (archive footage) | 2023-03-24 |
Movie | Why Is We Americans? | Self | 2022-01-14 |
Movie | The Velvet Underground | Self (archive footage) | 2021-10-15 |
Movie | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | The Oracle of Delphi | 2019-06-11 |
Movie | Uncle Howard | Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-10 |
Movie | How the Beatles Changed the World | Self (archive footage) | 2017-10-23 |
Movie | The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography | Self (archive footage) | 2017-06-30 |
Movie | Don't Blink - Robert Frank | Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-19 |
Movie | Beat Generation | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-08 |
Movie | Great Poets: In Their Own Words | 2014-08-10 | |
Movie | The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain | Self (archive footage) | 2014-11-25 |
Movie | Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche | 2011-11-25 | |
Movie | Howl | Himself | 2010-08-26 |
Movie | William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | Self (archive footage) | 2010-11-05 |
Movie | Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder | Himself | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell | Self (archive footage) | 2008-09-26 |
Movie | Chicago 10 | Self (archive footage) | 2008-02-29 |
Movie | The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music | Self (archive footage) | 2007-02-01 |
Movie | 65 Revisited | Self (archive footage) | 2007-11-28 |
Movie | Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out | Himself (Archive Footage) | 2007-07-16 |
Movie | Dylan Speaks 1965 | Self | 2006-10-31 |
Movie | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Self | 2005-07-21 |
Movie | Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-19 |
Movie | The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' | Self (archive footage) | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | The Cockettes | Self (archive footage) | 2002-01-16 |
Movie | New York in the Fifties | Self | 2001-10-16 |
Movie | Condo Painting | 2000-03-17 | |
Movie | As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty | Self | 2000-11-05 |
Movie | The Source | Self | 1999-01-23 |
Movie | Brakhage | Himself | 1998-09-17 |
Movie | Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit | Himself | 1997-07-03 |
Movie | Birth of a Nation | Self | 1997-08-06 |
Movie | No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-21 |
Movie | Happy Birthday to John | Self | 1997-10-09 |
Movie | Jonas in the Desert | Self | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Road Scholar | Self | 1993-07-16 |
Movie | Summer of Love | 1990-01-01 | |
Movie | Silence = Death | Himself | 1990-02-16 |
Movie | Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections | Self | 1990-06-01 |
Movie | Berkeley in the Sixties | Self | 1990-04-23 |
Movie | Growing Up in America | Self | 1989-04-16 |
Movie | Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets | Himself | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Heavy Petting | Self | 1989-09-22 |
Movie | Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank | Himself | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Autumn Ritual | Self | 1986-09-01 |
Movie | He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life | Self (archive footage) | 1986-02-22 |
Movie | All Star Video | Self (archive footage) | 1985-01-21 |
Movie | Before Stonewall | Himself | 1984-09-15 |
Movie | Good Morning, Mr. Orwell | Self | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Burroughs: The Movie | Self | 1984-02-10 |
Movie | This Song for Jack | 1983-10-01 | |
Movie | Poetry in Motion | 1982-09-17 | |
Movie | Greetings from Washington, D.C. | Himself | 1981-10-16 |
Movie | La marche gaie | Self | 1980-01-01 |
Movie | No. 18: Mahagonny | 1980-09-13 | |
Movie | Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds | Self | 1979-10-01 |
Movie | Renaldo and Clara | The Father | 1978-01-25 |
Movie | Thot-Fal'N | Self | 1978-06-27 |
Movie | Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration | Self | 1977-07-09 |
Movie | Lost, Lost, Lost | Self | 1976-09-14 |
Movie | Global Groove | 1973-01-01 | |
Movie | Ciao! Manhattan | Himself | 1973-04-19 |
Movie | We Can't Go Home Again | Allen | 1973-05-10 |
Movie | Johnny Minotaur | 1971-04-07 | |
Movie | Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family | Self | 1971-04-11 |
Movie | The Fall | 1969-01-15 | |
Movie | Me and My Brother | Himself | 1969-02-02 |
Movie | Diaries, Notes, and Sketches | Self | 1968-03-01 |
Movie | Yippie | Himself | 1968-12-31 |
Movie | Hare Krishna | Himself | 1967-02-02 |
Movie | Joan of Arc | 1967-01-10 | |
Movie | Dont Look Back | Self (uncredited) | 1967-05-17 |
Movie | Be-In | 1967-02-01 | |
Movie | Herostratus | Poet (voice) | 1967-07-10 |
Movie | Tonite Let's All Make Love in London | Self | 1967-09-26 |
Movie | Anatomy of Violence | Self | 1967-11-12 |
Movie | Ah, Sunflower | Self | 1967-08-13 |
Movie | Chappaqua | Messiah | 1966-08-30 |
Movie | Galaxie | Himself | 1966-09-03 |
Movie | He! Viva Dada | Self | 1965-09-05 |
Movie | Wholly Communion | Himself | 1965-12-31 |
Movie | Andy Warhol Screen Tests | Self | 1965-11-28 |
Movie | Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes | 1964-01-01 | |
Movie | Couch | Himself | 1964-07-01 |
Movie | Guns of the Trees | Self (voice) | 1961-02-28 |
Movie | Pull My Daisy | Alan | 1959-11-11 |