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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1926
Died
April 5, 1997
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Irwin Allen Ginsberg
- Alan Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
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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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Self - poet
castelporziano ostia dei poeti
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Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
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Self (voice) (archive)
A Supermarket in Californi
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Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
2024
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Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
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Why Is We Americans?
2022
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The Velvet Underground
2021
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Self (archive footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
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Self (voice) (archive)
Symphony Of The Invisible
2020
Credits
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castelporziano ostia dei poeti
as Self - poet
2025
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One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
2025
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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
as Self (archive footage)
2025
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A Supermarket in Californi
as Self (voice) (archive)
2024
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Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri
as Self (archive footage)
2024
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Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2023
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Why Is We Americans?
as Self (archive footage)
2022
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The Velvet Underground
as Self (archive footage)
2021
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70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
2020
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Symphony Of The Invisible
as Self (voice) (archive)
2020
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
as The Oracle of Delphi
2019
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Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
2018
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Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2017
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How the Beatles Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
2017
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Don't Blink - Robert Frank
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
2015
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William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain
as Self (archive footage)
2014
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Great Poets: In Their Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2014
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Beat Generation
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2014
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Norman Mailer: The American
as Self (archive footage)
2012
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The Beat Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2012
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Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
as Self (archive footage)
2011
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
as Self (archive footage)
2010
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Howl
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2010
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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as Self (archive footage)
2009
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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
as Self (archive footage)
2008
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Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
as Self (archive footage)
2008
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65 Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
2007
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The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
as Self (archive footage)
2007
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To John With Love
as Self (archive footage)
2006
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Poets at the Living Theater
as Self (archive footage)
2006
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
as Self
2005
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Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
as Self (archive footage)
2004
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The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'
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2003
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The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
2002
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American Magus
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2002
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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2000
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Condo Painting
as Self (archive footage)
2000
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New York: A Documentary Film
as Self - Commentator
1999
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Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
as Self (archive footage)
1999
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The Source
as Self (archive footage)
1999
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Brakhage
as Self (archive footage)
1998
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No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)
1997
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Ballad of the Skeletons
as Self (archive footage)
1997
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On the Road to Desolation
as Self (archive footage)
1997
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Happy Birthday to John
as Self
1997
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Birth of a Nation
as Self
1997
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Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
as Self
1997
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U2: A Year in Pop
as Self
1997
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A Poet from the Lower East Side
as Self
1997
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Van Gogh's Ear
as Self
1995
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The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)
1994
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Jonas in the Desert
as Self
1994
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ChickenHawk
as Self
1994
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Moving Pictures
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1994
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Road Scholar
as Self
1993
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Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
as Self
1990
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Berkeley in the Sixties
as Self
1990
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Silence = Death
as Self
1990
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Summer of Love
as Self
1990
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Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center
as Self
1989
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Heavy Petting
as Self
1989
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Growing Up in America
as Self
1989
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Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
as Self
1989
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Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
as Self
1988
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Autumn Ritual
as Self
1986
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
1986
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Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
as Self
1986
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It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
as Lawyer
1985
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All Star Video
as Self (archive footage)
1985
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Before Stonewall
as Self
1984
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Burroughs: The Movie
as Self
1984
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Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
1984
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Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
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1984
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This Song for Jack
as Self
1983
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Poetry in Motion
as Self
1982
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Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
as Self
1982
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Greetings from Washington, D.C.
as Self
1981
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No. 18: Mahagonny
as Self
1980
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Lake Placid '80
as Self
1980
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La marche gaie
as Self
1980
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Gay March on Washington
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1979
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Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
1979
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Thot-Fal'N
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1978
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Renaldo and Clara
as The Father
1978
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Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
as Self
1977
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Lost, Lost, Lost
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1976
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Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
1976
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Suite 212
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1974
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We Can't Go Home Again
as Allen
1973
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Ciao! Manhattan
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1973
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Pickup's Tricks
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1973
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Global Groove
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1973
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Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
1971
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Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
as Self
1971
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Johnny Minotaur
1971
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Bed Peace
as Self
1969
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Me and My Brother
as Self
1969
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The Fall
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1969
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Yippie
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1968
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The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
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A.G.
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1968
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self (archive footage)
1968
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Chicago
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1968
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Underground New York
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1968
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Anatomy of Violence
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1967
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Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
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1967
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Ah, Sunflower
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1967
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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
as Self (archive footage)
1967
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Herostratus
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1967
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Dont Look Back
as Self (uncredited)
1967
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Hare Krishna
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1967
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Be-In
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1967
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Joan of Arc
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1967
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Galaxie
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1966
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Chappaqua
as Messiah
1966
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Wholly Communion
as Self
1965
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Dylan Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
1965
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Andy Warhol Screen Tests
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1965
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Allan for Allan
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1965
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He! Viva Dada
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1965
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Couch
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1964
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Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
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Guns of the Trees
as Self (voice)
1961
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Pull My Daisy
as Alan
1959
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