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

The Dick Cavett Show

New York: A Documentary Film

70 Years of Youth Revolt

The Velvet Underground

Howl

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

One to One: John & Yoko

Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back

All Movies (127)

• Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC2026 · as Self
• castelporziano ostia dei poeti2025 · as Self - poet
• Nova '782025 · as Self (archive footage)
• One to One: John & Yoko2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Supermarket in Californi2024 · as Self (voice) (archive)
• Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Why Is We Americans?2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Velvet Underground2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Symphony Of The Invisible2020 · as Self (voice) (archive)
• Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese2019 · as The Oracle of Delphi
• A Walking Tour of the East Village 19852018 · as Self
• Take Your Pills2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• How the Beatles Changed the World2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Don't Blink - Robert Frank2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol2015
• William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Great Poets: In Their Own Words2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beat Generation2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Norman Mailer: The American2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Beat Hotel2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• William S. Burroughs: A Man Within2010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Howl2010 · as Self
• Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• Tim Leary: The Art of Dying2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• 65 Revisited2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• To John With Love2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Poets at the Living Theater2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005 · as Self
• Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Cockettes2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• American Magus2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Condo Painting2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Source1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• Brakhage1998 · as Self (archive footage)
• No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ballad of the Skeletons1997 · as Self
• On the Road to Desolation1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Happy Birthday to John1997 · as Self
• Birth of a Nation1997 · as Self
• Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit1997 · as Self
• U2: A Year in Pop1997 · as Self
• A Poet from the Lower East Side1997 · as Self
• Van Gogh's Ear1995 · as Self
• Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys1994 · as Self
• The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• An Autumn Wind1994 · as Self
• Jonas in the Desert1994 · as Self
• Moving Pictures1994 · as Self
• Road Scholar1993 · as Self
• Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections1990 · as Self
• Berkeley in the Sixties1990 · as Self
• Silence = Death1990 · as Self
• Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center1989 · as Self
• Heavy Petting1989 · as Self
• Growing Up in America1989 · as Self
• Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets1989 · as Self
• Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman1988 · as Self
• Autumn Ritual1986 · as Self
• He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life1986 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank1986 · as Self
• It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen1985 · as Lawyer
• All Star Video1985 · as Self (archive footage)
• Before Stonewall1984 · as Self
• Burroughs: The Movie1984 · as Self
• Good Morning, Mr. Orwell1984 · as Self
• Ginsberg/Corso Tapes1984 · as Self
• This Song for Jack1983 · as Self
• Poetry in Motion1982 · as Self
• Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint1982 · as Self
• Greetings from Washington, D.C.1981 · as Self
• No. 18: Mahagonny1980 · as Self
• The Beats: An Existential Comedy1980
• La marche gaie1980 · as Self
• Lake Placid '801980 · as Self
• Gay March on Washington1979 · as Self
• Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds1979 · as Self
• Thot-Fal'N1978 · as Self
• Renaldo and Clara1978 · as The Father
• Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration1977 · as Self
• Lost, Lost, Lost1976 · as Self
• Une semaine dans la vie de camarades1976
• Suite 2121974 · as Self
• We Can't Go Home Again1973 · as Allen
• Ciao! Manhattan1973 · as Self
• Global Groove1973 · as Self
• Pickup's Tricks1973 · as Self
• Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally1971 · as Self
• Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family1971 · as Self
• Johnny Minotaur1971
• Bed Peace1969 · as Self
• Me and My Brother1969 · as Self
• The Fall1969 · as Self
• Yippie1968 · as Self
• A.G.1968 · as Self
• Diaries, Notes, and Sketches1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• Underground New York1968 · as Self
• Chicago1968 · as Self
• Anatomy of Violence1967 · as Self
• Tonite Let's All Make Love in London1967 · as Self
• Ah, Sunflower1967 · as Self
• Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out1967 · as Self (archive footage)
• Herostratus1967 · as Poet (voice)
• Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back1967 · as Self (uncredited)
• Hare Krishna1967 · as Self
• Be-In1967 · as Self
• Joan of Arc1967 · as Self
• Galaxie1966 · as Self
• Chappaqua1966 · as Messiah
• Wholly Communion1965 · as Self
• Dylan Speaks1965 · as Self (archive footage)
• Andy Warhol Screen Tests1965 · as Self
• Allan for Allan1965 · as Self
• He! Viva Dada1965 · as Self
• Couch1964 · as Self
• Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes1964
• Guns of the Trees1961 · as Self (voice)
• Pull My Daisy1959 · as Alan

All TV Shows (3)

• 70 Years of Youth Revolt2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• New York: A Documentary Film1999 · as Self - Commentator
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest