Allen Ginsberg

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

126

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-06-03

Day of death

1997-04-05 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

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

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • How the Beatles Changed the World

    How the Beatles Changed the World

  • Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

  • As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

  • Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

  • Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

    Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

  • Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

    Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit

  • One to One: John & Yoko

    One to One: John & Yoko

  • 65 Revisited

    65 Revisited

  • Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

  • No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg

    No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg

  • Galaxie

    Galaxie

  • Brakhage

    Brakhage

  • Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

  • Ciao! Manhattan

    Ciao! Manhattan

  • Be-In

    Be-In

  • Dylan Speaks

    Dylan Speaks

  • Suite 212

    Suite 212

  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

  • Bed Peace

    Bed Peace

  • Herostratus

    Herostratus

  • Ah, Sunflower

    Ah, Sunflower

  • Yippie

    Yippie

  • Autumn Ritual

    Autumn Ritual

  • Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

  • Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

  • Chicago

    Chicago

  • Growing Up in America

    Growing Up in America

  • Chappaqua

    Chappaqua

  • Before Stonewall

    Before Stonewall

  • Howl

    Howl

  • The Source

    The Source

  • Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

  • Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

    Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

  • Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

  • Couch

    Couch

  • Take Your Pills

    Take Your Pills

  • Beat Generation

    Beat Generation

  • John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

    John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

  • Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

    Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

  • Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

  • Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

  • Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

    Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

  • Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

    Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

  • The Velvet Underground

    The Velvet Underground

  • Condo Painting

    Condo Painting

  • American Magus

    American Magus

  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

  • Moving Pictures

    Moving Pictures

  • Road Scholar

    Road Scholar

  • A.G.

    A.G.

  • All Star Video

    All Star Video

  • Dont Look Back

    Dont Look Back

  • He! Viva Dada

    He! Viva Dada

  • Burroughs: The Movie

    Burroughs: The Movie

  • U2: A Year in Pop

    U2: A Year in Pop

  • Renaldo and Clara

    Renaldo and Clara

  • ChickenHawk

    ChickenHawk

  • Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

  • Johnny Minotaur

    Johnny Minotaur

  • No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

  • The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

  • Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally

    Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally

  • Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

    Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

  • A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

  • William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

  • Poetry in Motion

    Poetry in Motion

  • Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

  • Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

  • Berkeley in the Sixties

    Berkeley in the Sixties

  • A Supermarket in Californi

    A Supermarket in Californi

  • Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

  • Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

    Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

  • Norman Mailer: The American

    Norman Mailer: The American

  • Symphony Of The Invisible

    Symphony Of The Invisible

  • 70 Years of Youth Revolt

    70 Years of Youth Revolt

  • Pull My Daisy

    Pull My Daisy

  • La marche gaie

    La marche gaie

  • Allan for Allan

    Allan for Allan

  • Summer of Love

    Summer of Love

  • We Can't Go Home Again

    We Can't Go Home Again

  • Anatomy of Violence

    Anatomy of Violence

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • Guns of the Trees

    Guns of the Trees

  • Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman

    Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman

  • The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

    The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

  • New York: A Documentary Film

    New York: A Documentary Film

  • Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

  • castelporziano ostia dei poeti

    castelporziano ostia dei poeti

  • Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80

  • Why Is We Americans?

    Why Is We Americans?

  • Me and My Brother

    Me and My Brother

  • Van Gogh's Ear

    Van Gogh's Ear

  • Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

  • The Beat Hotel

    The Beat Hotel

  • Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

  • To John With Love

    To John With Love

  • On the Road to Desolation

    On the Road to Desolation

  • Don't Blink - Robert Frank

    Don't Blink - Robert Frank

  • Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

  • A Poet from the Lower East Side

    A Poet from the Lower East Side

  • Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

  • This Song for Jack

    This Song for Jack

  • Pickup's Tricks

    Pickup's Tricks

  • It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

  • Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

  • Ballad of the Skeletons

    Ballad of the Skeletons

  • Poets at the Living Theater

    Poets at the Living Theater

  • The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

  • Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

  • Gay March on Washington

    Gay March on Washington

  • William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

  • The Fall

    The Fall

  • Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

  • Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

    Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

  • Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

    Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

  • Underground New York

    Underground New York

  • Great Poets: In Their Own Words

    Great Poets: In Their Own Words

  • Heavy Petting

    Heavy Petting

  • The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

    The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music

  • He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

  • Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

    Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

  • Global Groove

    Global Groove

  • Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

    Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

  • Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

  • Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

    Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri