Allen Ginsberg

Known For

Howl Writer

(2010)

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London Himself

(1967)

The Cockettes Himself

(2002)

Johnny Minotaur Actor

(1971)

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Actor (15 credits)

2012 America (Video)
Narrator (voice)

2007 Speak Out (TV Movie)

2000 Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (Video)
He Dead Too (as Rabbi Buddha Whitman/Ginsburg)

1997 Allen Ginsberg Feat. Paul McCartney & Philip Glass & Lenny Kaye: Ballad of the Skeletons (Video short)
Narrator

1996 Westmoreland Naples (Short)

1984 It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
Lawyer

1978 Thot-Fal'N (Short)

1978 Renaldo and Clara
The Father

1973 Global Groove (Video short)

1971 About Me: A Musical (Short)

1971 Johnny Minotaur

1968 Love Love Love (Short)

1967 Herostratus
Poet (voice)

1966 Chappaqua
Messiah

1959 Pull My Daisy (Short)
Allen (as Alan Ginsberg)

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Soundtrack (9 credits)

2010 Beginners (performer: "Howl") / (writer: "Howl")

2009 Professor Norman Cornett (Documentary) (writer: "Pull My Daisy")

2008 Patti Smith: Dream of Life (Documentary) (writer: "Spell")

American Masters (TV Series documentary) (writer - 2 episodes, 1994 - 2005) (performer - 1 episode, 2005)

- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) ... (performer: "America") / (writer: "America")

- The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) ... (writer: "New Stanzas for Amazing Grace")

2002 The Cockettes (Documentary) (performer: "Nurse's Song") / (writer: "Nurse's Song")

2001 Amélie (writer: "Naomi")

1978 Renaldo and Clara (performer: "Nurse's Song")

1967 Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (Documentary) (performer: "Tonite Let's All Make Love In London" - as Alan Ginsberg) / (writer: "Tonite Let's All Make Love In London" - as Alan Ginsberg)

1959 Pull My Daisy (Short) (writer: "The Crazy Daisy")

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Writer (8 credits)

2010 The Open Program of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards (Video short)

2010 Howl (poem)

1997 The Fifties (TV Mini-Series documentary) (poem "Howl" - 1 episode)

- The Beat (1997) ... (poem "Howl")

1997 Allen Ginsberg Feat. Paul McCartney & Philip Glass & Lenny Kaye: Ballad of the Skeletons (Video short)

1995 United States of Poetry (TV Mini-Series documentary) (poem)

1994 An Autumn Wind (Short)

1993 Drug-Taking and the Arts (Documentary) (poem "Laughing Gas")

1969 Me and My Brother (poems)

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Composer (3 credits)

2011 Bagels, Borscht, and Brotherhood - Allen Ginsberg (Documentary short)

1998 Hustler for Life (Short)

1997 Allen Ginsberg Feat. Paul McCartney & Philip Glass & Lenny Kaye: Ballad of the Skeletons (Video short)

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Miscellaneous Crew (3 credits)

2000 Mushroom's Dam (Short) (poem)

1997 The Fifties (TV Mini-Series documentary) (archive source)

1994 Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider (Documentary) (archival photographs by)

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Thanks (3 credits)

2007 The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (Documentary) (dedicated to the memory of)

1997 Good Will Hunting (in memory of)

1990 Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (Documentary) (thanks: for generous help and insight)

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Self (93 credits)

2019 Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (Documentary) (post-production)
The Oracle of Delphi

2015 William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine (Video documentary)
Himself

2014 Love in the Sixties (Documentary) (as Allen Ginsburg)

2014 Great Poets: In Their Own Words (TV Series documentary)
Himself, Archive

- Access All Areas (2014) ... Himself, Archive

2011 Bagels, Borscht, and Brotherhood - Allen Ginsberg (Documentary short)
Himself

2011 Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (Documentary)
Himself

2010 Norman Mailer: The American (Documentary)

2009 Corso: The Last Beat (Documentary)

2009 Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (Documentary)
Himself

2002 Farewell to the Deuce (Documentary)
Himself

2002 Jonas at the Ocean (Documentary)
Himself

2002 American Magus (Documentary)
Himself

2001 Chvála bláznivosti (Documentary)
Himself (voice)

1999-2001 New York: A Documentary Film (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Commentator

- The City and the World (1945-2000) (2001) ... Himself - Commentator

- City of Tomorrow (1929-1941) (2001) ... Himself - Commentator

- Order and Disorder (1825-1865) (1999) ... Himself - Commentator

2001 Sleep in a Nest of Flames (Documentary)
Himself

2000 My Generation (Documentary)
Himself

2000 Condo Painting (Documentary)

1999 American Experience (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- New York: Part 6 - The City of Tomorrow (1999) ... Himself

- New York: Part 7 - The City and the World (1999) ... Himself

- New York: Part V - Cosmopolis (1999) ... Himself

- New York: Part II - Order and Disorder (1999) ... Himself

1999 The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (Documentary)
Himself

1998 Cold War (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- Make Love Not War (1998) ... Himself

1998 Hustler for Life (Short)
Himself

1998 Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (Documentary)
Himself

1997 A Poet on the Lower East Side: A Docu-Diary on Allen Ginsberg (Documentary)

1997 Birth of a Nation (Documentary)
Himself

1997 Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (Video documentary)
Himself

1997 The Fifties (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- The Beat (1997) ... Himself

1997 U2: A Year in Pop (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1997 Charlie Rose (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 7 April 1997 (1997) ... Himself

1996 The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Documentary)

1995 Man Alive (TV Series)
Himself - Poet

- Nirvana in Nova Scotia (1995) ... Himself - Poet

1995 Rock & Roll (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- In the Groove (1995) ... Himself

- Renegades (1995) ... Himself

1995 The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- William Blake (1995) ... Himself

1995 The History of Rock 'n' Roll (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- My Generation (1995) ... Himself

1995 United States of Poetry (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

1995 Face to Face (TV Series)
Himself

- Allen Ginsberg (1995) ... Himself

1994 Monument à Félix Guattari (Documentary)
Himself

1994 Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider (Documentary)
Himself - Poet

1994 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.167 (1994) ... Himself (as Allen Ginsburg)

1994 ChickenHawk (Documentary)
Himself

1994 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) ... Himself

1994 Jonas in the Desert (Documentary)
Himself

1994 An Autumn Wind (Short)
Himself

1993 Road Scholar (Documentary)
Himself

1993 Drug-Taking and the Arts (Documentary)
Himself (poet)

1990 Flashing on the Sixties: A Tribal Document (Video documentary)
Himself

1990 Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (Documentary short)
Himself

1990 Flashbacks (Documentary short)
Interview Subject

1990 Silence = Death (Documentary)
Himself

1989 Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (Documentary)
Himself

1989 Heavy Petting (Documentary)
Himself

1988 Growing Up in America (Documentary)
Himself

1988 The Beat Generation: An American Dream (Documentary)
Himself

1983-1988 Arena (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Broadway - The Great White Way (1988) ... Himself

- Burroughs (1983)

1987 It Was 20 Years Ago Today (Documentary)
Himself

1986 What Happened to Kerouac? (Documentary)
Himself

1985 Kerouac, the Movie (Documentary)
Himself (poet)

1984 Before Stonewall (Documentary)
Himself

1983 Burroughs: The Movie (Documentary)

1983 Levottomat palat (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 3 February 1983 (1983) ... Himself

1982 Poetry in Motion (Documentary)
Himself

1982 Late Night with David Letterman (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 10 June 1982 (1982) ... Himself (as Allen Ginsburg)

1981 Kopaszkutya
Himself

1980 Castelporziano, ostia dei poeti (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1980 La marche gaie (Short documentary)
Himself

1980 Mahagonny
Himself

1980 The Beats: An Existential Comedy (Video documentary short)
Himself

1979 Festival of Bards (Documentary)
Himself

1979 Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (Documentary)
Himself

1979 The War at Home (Documentary)
Himself - Activist

1978 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Himself - Writer

- Episode dated 6 March 1978 (1978) ... Himself - Writer

1975 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 18 August 1975 (1975) ... Himself

1973 Pickup's Tricks (Documentary)

1972 Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally (Documentary)
Himself

1972 Ciao Manhattan
Himself

1971 Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (Documentary)
Himself

1970/I Prologue
Himself

1969 Diaries Notes and Sketches (Documentary)
Himself

1969 The Fall (Documentary)
Himself

1969 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.25 (1969) ... Himself

1969 Me and My Brother
Himself

1968 Yippie (Short)
Himself

1968 Firing Line (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Guest

- The Hippies (1968) ... Himself (uncredited)

- The Avant Garde (1968) ... Himself - Guest

1967 Ah, Sunflower (Documentary short)
Himself

1967 Anatomy of Violence (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Non-Violent Poet-Prophet

1967 Be-In (Documentary short)
Himself

1967 Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues (Short)
Himself

1967 What's Happening? (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1967 Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (Documentary)
Himself (voice, uncredited)

1967 Dont Look Back (Documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

1966 Galaxie
Himself

1966 Wholly Communion (Documentary short)
Himself

1964 Couch
Himself

1964 The Les Crane Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.37 (1964) ... Himself

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Archive footage (45 credits)

2018 1968: The Year That Changed America (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Poet

- Part Three: Summer (2018) ... Himself - Poet

2018 Poetry in America with Elisa New (TV Series)
Himself

- Hymmnn and Hum Bom! (2018) ... Himself

2017 Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All (Documentary)
Himself

2016 Uncle Howard (Documentary)
Himself

2014 The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain (Documentary)
Himself

2014 The Sixties (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Poet

- Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll (2014) ... Himself - Poet

2014 Rich Hall's California Stars (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2013 Beat Generation (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2012 London: The Modern Babylon (Documentary)
Himself

2011 Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Documentary)

2011 Rich Hall's Continental Drifters (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2011 Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco (Documentary)
Himself

2011 Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2011 Love Always, Carolyn (Documentary)
Himself

2011 The Real American: Joe McCarthy (Documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

2010 William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (Documentary)

2010 Howl
Himself

2009 Pop Galerie Reloaded (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- U2 (2009) ... Himself

2008 Tim Leary: The Art of Dying (Documentary)
Himself

2008 Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (Documentary)
Himself

2007 Sekai gumi TV (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Legend of the Hotel Chelsea (2007) ... Himself

2007 65 Revisited (Video documentary)
Himself

2007 20 to 1 (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Amazing Moments in Music (2007) ... Himself

2007 Bob Dylan: Music in Review (Video documentary)

2007 The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (Documentary)
Himself

2007 Chicago 10 (Documentary)
Himself / activist

2006 The Drug Years (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself

- Break on Through (1950s-1967) ... Himself

2006 SexTV (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- The Naked Woman/Queer Beats/Modern Paul (2006) ... Himself

2005 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) ... Himself

2005 The Ballad of Greenwich Village (Documentary)
Himself

2004 Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair (Video documentary)
Himself

2003 The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (Video documentary short)
Himself

2003 Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man (Documentary)
Himself

2002 The Cockettes (Documentary)
Himself

2001 Literárky - Zápas o mantinely (Documentary)
Himself

2000 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (Documentary)
Himself

2000 Hendrix (TV Movie)
Himself (at microphone) (uncredited)

2000 New York in the 50's (Documentary)
Himself

1999 Grass (Documentary)
Himself

1998 Bravo Profiles (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Jack Kerouac: On the Road to Desolation (1998) ... Himself

1997 No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997 (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1997 Happy Birthday to John (Documentary short)
Himself

1993 Le cow boy et l'indien (Documentary)
Himself

1990 Berkeley in the Sixties (Documentary)
Himself

1986 He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (Documentary)
Himself

Personal Details

Other Works:

Poetry book: "Reality Sandwiches". See more »

Publicity Listings:

Alternate Names:

Alan Ginsberg | Allen Ginsburg | Rabbi Buddha Whitman/Ginsburg

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)

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Personal Quote:

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does. See more »