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.​

Filmography

• 2026ALLEN & AI
• 2024A Supermarket in California — Self (voice) (archive), Screenplay
• 2019Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese — The Oracle of Delphi
• 2017Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel — Self (archive footage), Vocals
• 2015A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
• 2006Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues
• 1997Ballad of the Skeletons — Self, Writer, Original Music Composer
• 1997Good Will Hunting — In Memory Of
• 1994An Autumn Wind — Self, Writer, Poem
• 1985It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen — Lawyer
• 1980The Beats: An Existential Comedy
• 1979Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds — Self, Other
• 1978Renaldo and Clara — The Father
• 1976Une semaine dans la vie de camarades
• 1973We Can't Go Home Again — Allen
• 1971Johnny Minotaur
• 1969Me and My Brother — Self, Poem
• 1968Yippie — Self, Director
• 1967Herostratus — Poet (voice)
• 1966Chappaqua — Messiah
• 1964Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
• 1959Pull My Daisy — Alan

Appearances as themselves (115)

• 2026May Day x 4 — Self
• 2026Nova '78 — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC — Self
• 2025John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office — Self (archive footage)
• 2025One to One: John & Yoko — Self (archive footage)
• 2025castelporziano ostia dei poeti — Self - poet
• 2024Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Why Is We Americans? — Self (archive footage)
• 2021The Velvet Underground — Self (archive footage)
• 70 Years of Youth Revolt — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Symphony Of The Invisible — Self (voice) (archive)
• 2018A Walking Tour of the East Village 1985 — Self
• 2018Take Your Pills — Self (archive footage)
• 2017How the Beatles Changed the World — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Don't Blink - Robert Frank — Self (archive footage)
• 2015William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Beat Generation — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Great Poets: In Their Own Words — Self (archive footage)
• 2014The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Norman Mailer: The American — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man — Self
• 2012The Beat Hotel — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Howl — Self
• 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man Within — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Tim Leary: The Art of Dying — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell — Self (archive footage)
• 200765 Revisited — Self (archive footage)
• 2007The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Poets at the Living Theater — Self (archive footage)
• 2006To John With Love — Self (archive footage)
• 2005No Direction Home: Bob Dylan — Self
• 2004Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair — Self (archive footage)
• 2003The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' — Self (archive footage)
• 2002American Magus — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Cockettes — Self (archive footage)
• 2000As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Condo Painting — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles — Self (archive footage)
• New York — Self - Commentator
• 1999The Source — Self (archive footage)
• 1998Brakhage — Self (archive footage)
• 1997A Poet from the Lower East Side — Self
• 1997Birth of a Nation — Self
• 1997Happy Birthday to John — Self
• 1997No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg — Self (archive footage)
• 1997On the Road to Desolation — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit — Self
• 1997U2: A Year in Pop — Self
• 1995Van Gogh's Ear — Self
• 1994Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys — Self
• 1994Jonas in the Desert — Self
• 1994Moving Pictures — Self
• 1994The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg — Self (archive footage)
• 1993Road Scholar — Self
• 1990Berkeley in the Sixties — Self
• 1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections — Self
• 1990Silence = Death — Self
• 1989Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets — Self
• 1989Growing Up in America — Self
• 1989Heavy Petting — Self
• 1989Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center — Self
• 1988Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman — Self
• 1987It Was Twenty Years Ago Today — Self
• 1986Autumn Ritual — Self
• 1986Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank — Self
• 1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life — Self (archive footage)
• 1985All Star Video — Self (archive footage)
• 1984Before Stonewall — Self
• 1984Burroughs: The Movie — Self
• 1984Ginsberg/Corso Tapes — Self
• 1984Good Morning, Mr. Orwell — Self
• 1983This Song for Jack — Self
• 1982Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint — Self
• 1982Poetry in Motion — Self
• 1981Greetings from Washington, D.C. — Self
• 1980La marche gaie — Self
• 1980Lake Placid '80 — Self
• 1980No. 18: Mahagonny — Self
• 1979Gay March on Washington — Self
• 1978Thot-Fal'N — Self
• 1977Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration — Self
• 1976Lost, Lost, Lost — Self
• 1974Suite 212 — Self
• 1973Ciao! Manhattan — Self
• 1973Global Groove — Self
• 1973Pickup's Tricks — Self
• 1971Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family — Self
• 1971Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally — Self
• 1969Bed Peace — Self
• 1969The Fall — Self
• 1968A.G. — Self
• 1968Chicago — Self
• 1968Diaries, Notes, and Sketches — Self (archive footage)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1968Underground New York — Self
• 1967Ah, Sunflower — Self
• 1967Anatomy of Violence — Self
• 1967Be-In — Self
• 1967Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back — Self (uncredited)
• 1967Hare Krishna — Self
• 1967Joan of Arc — Self
• 1967Tonite Let's All Make Love in London — Self
• 1967Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out — Self (archive footage)
• 1966Galaxie — Self
• 1965Allan for Allan — Self
• 1965Andy Warhol Screen Tests — Self
• 1965Dylan Speaks — Self (archive footage)
• 1965He! Viva Dada — Self
• 1965Wholly Communion — Self
• 1964Couch — Self
• 1961Guns of the Trees — Self (voice)