Allen Ginsberg
Date of birth: 1926-06-03
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Irwin Allen Ginsberg, Alan 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.
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Chappaqua
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Dont Look Back
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Greetings from Washington, D.C.
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Berkeley in the Sixties
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Howl
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Pull My Daisy
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We Can't Go Home Again
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A.G.
1968-05-11
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Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
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Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
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Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
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Norman Mailer: The American
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ChickenHawk
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Me and My Brother
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Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
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Wholly Communion
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Suite 212
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Yippie
1968-12-31
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986-02-22
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The Source
1999-01-23
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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009-04-01
The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and lette
Autumn Ritual
1986-09-01
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A Poet from the Lower East Side
1997-01-01
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Silence = Death
1990-02-16
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Great Poets: In Their Own Words
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A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of
Happy Birthday to John
1997-10-09
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Renaldo and Clara
1978-01-25
Filmed in the autumn of 1975 prior to and during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour – featuring
The Cockettes
2002-01-16
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenom
La marche gaie
1980-01-01
A short documentary about the October 14 1979 March For Lesbian And Gay Rights in Washington D.C.
Johnny Minotaur
1971-04-07
Johnny Minotaur is a lyrical explosion of taboos: incest, intergenerational desire, pansexuality and
Ah, Sunflower
1967-08-13
Allen Ginsberg in Britain.
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979-10-01
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pur
Galaxie
1966-09-03
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Be-In
1967-02-01
Captures the spirit and essence of the great San Francisco Human Be-In of January 14, 1967. Ten thou
Global Groove
1973-01-01
Global Groove was a collaborative piece by Nam June Paik and John Godfrey. Paik, amongst other artis
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005-07-21
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singe
Herostratus
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Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
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The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is tol
The Beat Hotel
2012-03-30
The Beat Hotel, a new film by Alan Govenar, goes deep into the legacy of the American Beats in Paris
Pickup's Tricks
1973-01-01
Pickup's Tricks is a beat documentary of Hibiscus and the Cockettes, who were pioneers of San Franci
Beat Generation
2014-02-08
Tells the story of the wonderful and long-lasting friendship between Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg an
Lost, Lost, Lost
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Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
1971-04-11
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All Star Video
1985-01-21
A compilation of avant-garde artwork and talent of the mid to late 20th century hosted by Ryuichi Sa
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984-01-01
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Burroughs: The Movie
1984-02-10
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Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
1976-01-01
A road movie whose journey intersects with and extends the events of the International Counter-Cultu
The Fall
1969-01-15
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A Supermarket in Californi
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Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964-01-01
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Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008-03-13
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The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
2007-02-01
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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
1967-07-16
5 psychedelic short films, broadcast on the French/German tv channel "arte" on 2007-07-16 "Be-In" U
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997-07-03
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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000-11-05
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Thot-Fal'N
1978-06-27
This film describes a psychological state "kin to moonstruck, its images emblems (not quite symbols)
Lake Placid '80
1980-01-01
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Birth of a Nation
1997-08-06
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Dylan Speaks
1965-12-03
The legendary press conference in San Fransisco at KQED studios on Dec. 3rd 1965. This was a pivota
Before Stonewall
1984-09-15
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The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
1994-02-17
Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, c
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980-09-13
Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformat
Underground New York
1968-01-01
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The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
2014-11-25
Documentary about western popular music concerts as bearer tendencies of democracy and freedom in th
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2017-12-01
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He! Viva Dada
1965-09-05
Report from the second free expression festival organized at the American Cultural Center, Boulevard
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
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The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
2003-01-01
A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and change
Poetry in Motion
1982-09-17
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Ciao! Manhattan
1973-04-19
Fiction and documentary mingle in a freewheeling portrait of Susan Superstar, a New York celebrity o
This Song for Jack
1983-10-01
In 1982, Robert Frank was on hand at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, to film the Jack Ker
Heavy Petting
1989-09-22
Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comed
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
1985-02-01
An ironic New York City thriller involving a mafioso and a restless, witty lawyer.
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019-06-11
Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of Ame
Couch
1964-07-01
The couch at Andy Warhol's Factory was as famous in its own right as any of his Superstars. In Couch
Jonas in the Desert
1994-01-01
Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of t
Hare Krishna
1967-02-02
Jonas Mekas captures an afternoon in New York as a Hare Krishna group fills the streets with chantin
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989-01-01
Maria Beatty's documentary exploring the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets. The fil
Joan of Arc
1967-01-10
The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applie
Growing Up in America
1989-04-16
Filmmaker Morley Markson shows Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and other
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965-11-28
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were
Allan for Allan
1965-10-14
A short film by underground filmmaker Barbara Rubin.
How the Beatles Changed the World
2017-10-23
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Guns of the Trees
1961-02-28
Barbara, a young woman consumed by despair, contemplates suicide, while a man she meets in a church
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
2004-06-19
John Sinclair first emerged out of his small-town Michigan background to forge a legendary course th
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990-06-01
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968-03-01
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Road Scholar
1993-07-16
Andrei Cordescu, NPR journalist, Romanian immigrant, naturalized American citizen, and newly-license
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977-07-09
A tribute concert honoring the life of legendary folksinger Phil Ochs recorded at the Madison Square
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010-11-05
A riveting and emotional journey into the world of writer William S. Burroughs, a man considered as
Condo Painting
2000-03-17
John McNaughton's spotlight on George Condo and his art. The film, which follows the progress of Con
Summer of Love
1990-01-01
Produced in collaboration with MICA-TV, Summer of Love is a public service announcement produced for
Symphony Of The Invisible
2020-11-17
"Symphony of the Invisible" is a reflection on creation and how through art, poetry and images you c
Anatomy of Violence
1967-11-12
Documentary of the Symposium on the Dialectics of Liberation and the Demystification of Violence, he
Ballad of the Skeletons
1997-11-20
A close-up of Allen Ginsberg reciting his “skeletons” poem is bluescreened and dissolved against arc
65 Revisited
2007-11-28
A collection of rare outtakes and performances from Pennebaker's 1965 documentary Don't Look Back.
Van Gogh's Ear
1995-01-01
A party hosted by Beat poet Allen Ginsberg inspired the director's award-winning graduation film Van
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982-01-01
The influence of Jewish fathers on their sons and the complexity of familial relationships are explo
U2: A Year in Pop
1997-04-26
Documentary about U2's album Pop and following tour.
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
1986-01-01
Presents an intimate view of four decades of the Swiss-born artist Robert Frank who has had an extra
Chicago
1968-01-01
UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A striking documentary shot ci
Bed Peace
1969-03-24
John and Yoko in the presidential suite at the Hilton Amsterdam, which they had decorated with hand-
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
2015-04-14
Jon Aes-Nihil's experimental documentary about iconic Beat author William S. Burroughs' experiences
Gay March on Washington
1979-12-12
UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Documentary from Community Vid
On the Road to Desolation
1997-10-11
Andrew O'Hagan looks at a critical point in the life of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. In 1956
Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1984-01-01
Longtime friends and frequent foils, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appeared onstage together coun
Moving Pictures
1994-01-01
"Today memory creeps along the wall at Seven Bleecker. In the back of my eyes, longings and obsessio
To John With Love
2006-11-01
This was filmed on October 9, 1972 in Syracuse, N.Y., on John Lennon's Birthday; during Lennon/Yoko
Poets at the Living Theater
2006-11-01
With Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Ray Bremser, Le Roi Jones, Peter Orlovsky, this film takes place
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025-01-31
John C. Lilly is the inventor of the isolation tank, as well as pioneer of studies in dolphin intell
One to One: John & Yoko
2025-04-11
An exploration of the seminal and transformative 18 months that one of music’s most famous couples —
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971-12-10
Concert film documentary. The John Sinclair Freedom Rally was a protest and concert in response to t
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988-01-01
Walt Whitman was the first major poet to create a truly American vision and style. His extraordinary
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
2015-08-25
Stephen Smith sets out to discover the real Andy Warhol - in the hour-by-hour detail of his daily li
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
2025-10-20
The film recounts the "First International Festival of Poets" held on the beach at Castelporziano in