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
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
(2019)
The Oracle of Delphi
Howl
(2010)
Himself
How the Beatles Changed the World
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
The Velvet Underground
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Chicago 10
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Pull My Daisy
(1959)
Alan
Guns of the Trees
(1961)
Self (voice)
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
(1964)
Couch
(1964)
Himself
Wholly Communion
(1965)
Himself
He! Viva Dada
(1965)
Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
(1965)
Self
Allan for Allan
(1965)
Chappaqua
(1966)
Messiah
Galaxie
(1966)
Himself
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
(1967)
Himself
Ah, Sunflower
(1967)
Self
Be-In
(1967)
Herostratus
(1967)
Poet (voice)
Hare Krishna
(1967)
Himself
Joan of Arc
(1967)
Anatomy of Violence
(1967)
Self
Bob Dylan - Dont Look Back
(1967)
Self (uncredited)
Yippie
(1968)
Himself
Underground New York
(1968)
Himself
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
(1968)
Self
A.G.
(1968)
Me and My Brother
(1969)
Himself
The Fall
(1969)
Johnny Minotaur
(1971)
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
(1971)
Self
Global Groove
(1973)
Pickup's Tricks
(1973)
Ciao! Manhattan
(1973)
Himself
We Can't Go Home Again
(1973)
Allen
Suite 212
(1974)
Self
Lost, Lost, Lost
(1976)
Self
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
(1977)
Self
Renaldo and Clara
(1978)
The Father
Thot-Fal'N
(1978)
Himself
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
(1979)
Himself
La marche gaie
(1980)
Self
Lake Placid '80
(1980)
No. 18: Mahagonny
(1980)
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
(1981)
Himself
Poetry in Motion
(1982)
Allan ‘n’ Allen’s Complaint
(1982)
This Song for Jack
(1983)
Burroughs: The Movie
(1984)
Self
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
(1984)
Self
Before Stonewall
(1984)
Himself
All Star Video
(1985)
Self (archive footage)
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
(1985)
Lawyer
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
(1986)
Self
Autumn Ritual
(1986)
Self
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
(1986)
Himself
Heavy Petting
(1989)
Self
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
(1989)
Himself
Growing Up in America
(1989)
Self
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
(1989)
himself
Berkeley in the Sixties
(1990)
Self
Silence = Death
(1990)
Himself
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
(1990)
Self
Summer of Love
(1990)
Road Scholar
(1993)
Self
ChickenHawk
(1994)
Himself
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
(1994)
Himself (archive footage)
Jonas in the Desert
(1994)
Self
Van Gogh's Ear
(1995)
Himself
A Poet from the Lower East Side
(1997)
Himself
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday to John
(1997)
Himself
Birth of a Nation
(1997)
Self
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
(1997)
Himself
Ballad of the Skeletons
(1997)
U2: A Year in Pop
(1997)
Himself
Brakhage
(1998)
Himself
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
(1999)
Himself
The Source
(1999)
Self
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
(2000)
Self
Condo Painting
(2000)
New York in the Fifties
(2001)
Self
The Cockettes
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
American Magus
(2002)
Himself
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
(2003)
Self (archive footage)
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
(2004)
Himself (archive footage)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
(2005)
Self
Dylan Speaks 1965
(2006)
Self
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
(2007)
Himself (Archive Footage)
65 Revisited
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Chicago 10
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
(2009)
Himself
Howl
(2010)
Himself
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
(2011)
Norman Mailer: The American
(2012)
Self
The Beat Hotel
(2012)
Self (archival)
Beat Generation
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
(2014)
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
(2017)
How the Beatles Changed the World
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Uncle Howard
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
(2019)
The Oracle of Delphi
Symphony Of The Invisible
(2020)
Himself (voice)
The Velvet Underground
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Why Is We Americans?
(2022)
Self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
(2024)
Self
Directing
Crew
Sound
Writing