Allen Ginsberg
Actor · Other · Director · Poem
Born Jun 3, 1926 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Active 1959–1997 · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, National Book Award, War Resisters League Peace Award, National Book Award for Poetry, Robert Frost Medal, Golden Wreath, John Jay Award
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.
Filmography
ALLEN & AI (2026)A Supermarket in Californi (2024) — ScreenplayRolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) — The Oracle of DelphiHarry Smith at the Breslin Hotel (2017) — VocalsA Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015)Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues (2006)Ballad of the Skeletons (1997) — Writer · Original Music ComposerAn Autumn Wind (1994) — Writer · PoemIt Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen (1985) — LawyerThe Beats: An Existential Comedy (1980)Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979) — OtherRenaldo and Clara (1978) — The FatherUne semaine dans la vie de camarades (1976)We Can't Go Home Again (1973) — AllenJohnny Minotaur (1971)Me and My Brother (1969) — PoemYippie (1968) — DirectorHerostratus (1967) — Poet (voice)Chappaqua (1966) — MessiahStockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes (1964)Pull My Daisy (1959) — Alan