Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/3/1926
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Irwin Allen GinsbergAlan Ginsberg
Allen 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. ...
Known For
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music
as Self (archive footage)
Ciao! Manhattan
as Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
as Self
Howl
as Self
Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
Burroughs: The Movie
as Self
Lost, Lost, Lost
as Self
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
Before Stonewall
as Self
The Velvet Underground
as Self (archive footage)
Silence = Death
as Self
Galaxie
as Self
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
Unknown Role
Suite 212
as Self
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
as Self (archive footage)
Dont Look Back
as Self (uncredited)
Couch
as Self
The Source
as Self (archive footage)
Chappaqua
as Messiah
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No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg
as Self (archive footage)
Ballad of the Skeletons
as Self (archive footage)
On the Road to Desolation
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday to John
as Self
Birth of a Nation
as Self
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
as Self
U2: A Year in Pop
as Self
A Poet from the Lower East Side
as Self