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.
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Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri (2024)
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Self (archive footage)
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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70 Years of Youth Revolt (2020)
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Symphony Of The Invisible (2020)
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Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born (2020)
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The Oracle of Delphi
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
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Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground (2018)
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Take Your Pills (2018)
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Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel (2017)
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How the Beatles Changed the World (2017)
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The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (2017)
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Don't Blink: Robert Frank (2017)
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Uncle Howard (2017)
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The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain (2014)
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Great Poets: In Their Own Words (2014)
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Beat Generation (2014)
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Tropico (2013)
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Norman Mailer: The American (2012)
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The Beat Hotel (2012)
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Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (2011)
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Rich Hall's Continental Drifters (2011)
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)
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Howl (2010)
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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)
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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008)
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Chicago 10 (2008)
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65 Revisited (2007)
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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (2007)
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The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (2007)
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Dylan Speaks 1965 (2006)
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The Ballad of Greenwich Village (2005)
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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
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Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair (2004)
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The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (2003)
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The Cockettes (2002)
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American Magus (2002)
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New York in the Fifties (2001)
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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
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Condo Painting (2000)
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New York: A Documentary Film (1999)
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Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1999)
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The Source (1999)
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Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives (1998)
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Brakhage (1998)
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The Fifties (1997)
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No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (1997)
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Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)
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Self
Happy Birthday to John (1997)
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Birth of a Nation (1997)
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Self
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (1997)
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Himself
U2: A Year in Pop (1997)
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Actor
A Poet from the Lower East Side (1997)
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Actor
The Coney Island of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1996)
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Himself
Van Gogh's Ear (1995)
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Self
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994)
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Self - Poet
Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider (1994)
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Himself
Jonas in the Desert (1994)
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ChickenHawk (1994)
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Road Scholar (1993)
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Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections (1990)
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Berkeley in the Sixties (1990)
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Silence = Death (1990)
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Summer of Love (1990)
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Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center (1989)
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Heavy Petting (1989)
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Growing Up in America (1989)
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Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (1989)
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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today (1987)
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Self / Poet
William Carlos Williams (1986)
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Autumn Ritual (1986)
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
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Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank (1986)
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Lawyer
It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen (1985)
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Self (archive footage)
All Star Video (1985)
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Himself
Before Stonewall (1984)
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Burroughs: The Movie (1984)
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Self
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell (1984)
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This Song for Jack (1983)
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Poetry in Motion (1982)
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Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint (1982)
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Greetings from Washington, D.C. (1981)
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No. 18: Mahagonny (1980)
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Castelporziano, Ostia dei poeti (1980)
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La marche gaie (1980)
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Lake Placid '80 (1980)
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Self - Activist
The War at Home (1979)
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Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979)
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Thot-Fal'N (1978)
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The Father
Renaldo and Clara (1978)
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Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration (1977)
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Lost, Lost, Lost (1976)
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Suite 212 (1974)
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We Can't Go Home Again (1973)
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Ciao! Manhattan (1973)
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Pickup's Tricks (1973)
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Global Groove (1973)
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About Me: A Musical (1971)
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Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (1971)
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Johnny Minotaur (1971)
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Bed Peace (1969)
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Me and My Brother (1969)
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The Fall (1969)
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Yippie (1968)
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
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A.G. (1968)
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968)
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Underground New York (1968)
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Joan of Arc (1967)
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Self - Non-Violent Poet-Prophet
Anatomy of Violence (1967)
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Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967)
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Ah, Sunflower (1967)
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Herostratus (1967)
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Self (uncredited)
Bob Dylan - Dont Look Back (1967)
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Hare Krishna (1967)
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Be-In (1967)
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What's Happening? (1967)
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Galaxie (1966)
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Messiah
Chappaqua (1966)
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Wholly Communion (1965)
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Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965)
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Allan for Allan (1965)
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He! Viva Dada (1965)
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Couch (1964)
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Self - Performer
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes (1964)
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Self (voice)
Guns of the Trees (1961)
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Pull My Daisy (1959)
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It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down!
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Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-06-03
Deathday1997-04-05 (70 years old)
Birth NameIrwin Allen Ginsberg
Birth PlaceNewark, United States of America
ReligionBuddhism
FatherLouis Ginsberg
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesEast Village · Paterson, United States of America
Also Known AsIrwin Allen Ginsberg
AwardsGolden Wreath, National Book Award for Poetry, War Resisters League Peace Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Robert Frost Medal, National Book Award
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