Allen Ginsberg
Born June 03, 1926 (Age: 99)
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Newark, New Jersey, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 96
William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
2015
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 88
Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
2011
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 85
Howl
2010
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as Self
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Age: 84
Poets at the Living Theater
2006
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 80
To John With Love
2006
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 80
Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 78
The Cockettes
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 75
American Magus
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 75
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 74
Condo Painting
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 73
The Source
1999
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 72
Brakhage
1998
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 72
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 71
Ballad of the Skeletons
1997
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as Self
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Age: 71
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On the Road to Desolation
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 71
Happy Birthday to John
1997
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as Self
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Age: 71
Birth of a Nation
1997
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as Self
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Age: 71
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
1997
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as Self
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Age: 71
U2: A Year in Pop
1997
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as Self
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Age: 70
A Poet from the Lower East Side
1997
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as Self
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Age: 70
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An Autumn Wind
1994
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as Self
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Age: 67
No Image
Moving Pictures
1994
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as Self
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Age: 67
Road Scholar
1993
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as Self
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Age: 67
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990
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as Self
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Age: 63
Berkeley in the Sixties
1990
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as Self
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Age: 63
Silence = Death
1990
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as Self
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Age: 63
Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
1989
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as Self
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Age: 63
Heavy Petting
1989
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as Self
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Age: 63
Growing Up in America
1989
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as Self
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Age: 62
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989
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as Self
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Age: 62
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988
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as Self
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Age: 61
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
1985
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as Lawyer
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Age: 58
All Star Video
1985
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 58
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Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
1984
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as Self
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Age: 57
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
1981
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as Self
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Age: 55
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No. 18: Mahagonny
1980
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as Self
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Age: 54
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The Beats: An Existential Comedy
1980
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as
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Age: 53
La marche gaie
1980
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as Self
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Age: 53
Lake Placid '80
1980
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as Self
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Age: 53
Gay March on Washington
1979
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as Self
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Age: 53
Thot-Fal'N
1978
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as Self
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Age: 52
Renaldo and Clara
1978
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as The Father
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Age: 51
Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
1977
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as Self
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Age: 51
Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
1976
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as
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Age: 49
Suite 212
1974
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as Self
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Age: 48
We Can't Go Home Again
1973
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as Allen
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Age: 46
Ciao! Manhattan
1973
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as Self
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Age: 46
Global Groove
1973
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as Self
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Age: 46
Pickup's Tricks
1973
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as Self
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Age: 46
Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971
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as Self
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Age: 45
Bed Peace
1969
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as Self
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Age: 42
Me and My Brother
1969
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as Self
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Age: 42
The Fall
1969
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as Self
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Age: 42
A.G.
1968
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as Self
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Age: 41
Underground New York
1968
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as Self
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Age: 41
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Chicago
1968
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as Self
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Age: 41
Wholly Communion
1965
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as Self
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Age: 39
Dylan Speaks
1965
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 39
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
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as Self
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Age: 39
No Image
Allan for Allan
1965
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as Self
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Age: 39
He! Viva Dada
1965
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as Self
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Age: 39
Couch
1964
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as Self
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Age: 38
No Image
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
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as
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Age: 37
Guns of the Trees
1961
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as Self (voice)
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Age: 34
Pull My Daisy
1959
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as Alan
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Age: 33