Allen Ginsberg

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

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

  • Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

  • How the Beatles Changed the World

    How the Beatles Changed the World

  • Take Your Pills

    Take Your Pills

  • Ah, Sunflower

    Ah, Sunflower

  • Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

  • 65 Revisited

    65 Revisited

  • A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

  • Pull My Daisy

    Pull My Daisy

  • Poetry in Motion

    Poetry in Motion

  • Ciao! Manhattan

    Ciao! Manhattan

  • U2: A Year in Pop

    U2: A Year in Pop

  • John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

    John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

  • Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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

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

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

    Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

  • Galaxie

    Galaxie

  • Heavy Petting

    Heavy Petting

  • All Star Video

    All Star Video

  • Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

  • Renaldo and Clara

    Renaldo and Clara

  • The Velvet Underground

    The Velvet Underground

  • Symphony Of The Invisible

    Symphony Of The Invisible

  • Howl

    Howl

  • Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

  • Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

  • One to One: John & Yoko

    One to One: John & Yoko

  • Brakhage

    Brakhage

  • Guns of the Trees

    Guns of the Trees

  • Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

    Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

  • He! Viva Dada

    He! Viva Dada

  • William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

  • Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

    Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

  • A Supermarket in Californi

    A Supermarket in Californi

  • Herostratus

    Herostratus

  • Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

    Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

  • Berkeley in the Sixties

    Berkeley in the Sixties

  • Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

    Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

  • Bed Peace

    Bed Peace

  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

  • Suite 212

    Suite 212

  • Burroughs: The Movie

    Burroughs: The Movie

  • Before Stonewall

    Before Stonewall

  • Growing Up in America

    Growing Up in America

  • Be-In

    Be-In

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

    Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

  • New York: A Documentary Film

    New York: A Documentary Film

  • Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

    Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family

  • Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

  • 70 Years of Youth Revolt

    70 Years of Youth Revolt

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

    Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

  • The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

    The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain

  • Dont Look Back

    Dont Look Back

  • Autumn Ritual

    Autumn Ritual

  • Yippie

    Yippie

  • To John With Love

    To John With Love

  • Norman Mailer: The American

    Norman Mailer: The American

  • Thot-Fal'N

    Thot-Fal'N

  • Wholly Communion

    Wholly Communion

  • Chicago

    Chicago

  • Chappaqua

    Chappaqua

  • Couch

    Couch

  • No. 18: Mahagonny

    No. 18: Mahagonny

  • We Can't Go Home Again

    We Can't Go Home Again

  • Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

  • Summer of Love

    Summer of Love

  • The Cockettes

    The Cockettes

  • Dylan Speaks

    Dylan Speaks

  • Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

    Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

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

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

  • Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

    Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

  • Me and My Brother

    Me and My Brother

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

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

  • Underground New York

    Underground New York

  • Why Is We Americans?

    Why Is We Americans?

  • ChickenHawk

    ChickenHawk

  • The Source

    The Source

  • Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

  • Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally

    Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally

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

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

  • Don't Blink - Robert Frank

    Don't Blink - Robert Frank

  • The Beat Hotel

    The Beat Hotel

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

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

  • Condo Painting

    Condo Painting

  • Poets at the Living Theater

    Poets at the Living Theater

  • Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Greetings from Washington, D.C.

  • Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

  • Road Scholar

    Road Scholar

  • A Poet from the Lower East Side

    A Poet from the Lower East Side

  • Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

    Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

  • On the Road to Desolation

    On the Road to Desolation

  • Moving Pictures

    Moving Pictures

  • Johnny Minotaur

    Johnny Minotaur

  • The Fall

    The Fall

  • Beat Generation

    Beat Generation

  • Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

  • Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

  • 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

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

    Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

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

    Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

  • Ballad of the Skeletons

    Ballad of the Skeletons

  • Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

    Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

  • Global Groove

    Global Groove

  • Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

    Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center

  • Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

  • This Song for Jack

    This Song for Jack

  • The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

    The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

  • Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

    Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration

  • Gay March on Washington

    Gay March on Washington

  • Great Poets: In Their Own Words

    Great Poets: In Their Own Words

  • Anatomy of Violence

    Anatomy of Violence

  • The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

    The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

  • Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

  • Pickup's Tricks

    Pickup's Tricks

  • William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

    William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine

  • Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

    Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

  • Allan for Allan

    Allan for Allan

  • A.G.

    A.G.

  • Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman

    Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman

  • Van Gogh's Ear

    Van Gogh's Ear

  • American Magus

    American Magus

  • La marche gaie

    La marche gaie

  • It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

    It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

  • Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80