As Writer
Queer
2024
6.7
William S. Burroughs
Acting
Birth date
February 5, 1914
Birth place
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Death date
August 2, 1997
Biography
William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories and four collections of essays, and five books have been published of his interviews and correspondences; he was initially briefly known by the pen name William Lee. He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians, made many appearances in films, and created and exhibited thousands of visual artworks, including his celebrated "Shotgun Art". Description above from the Wikipedia article William S. Burroughs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Featured in
As Actor
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
2015
7.0
As Actor
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010
6.7
As Actor
Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
2008
5.0
As Actor
Wanderlust
2006
5.0
As Actor
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
1999
1.0
As Actor
The Source
1999
5.2
As Actor
Destroy All Rational Thought
1998
6.3
As Actor, As Writer
Ah Pook Is Here.
1994
5.9
As Actor
Glitterbug
1994
6.2
As Actor
Relics: Einstein's Brain
1994
6.7
As Actor
Naked Making Lunch
1992
7.1
As Writer
Naked Lunch
1991
7.0
As Actor
Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees
1991
6.5
As Writer
The Black Rider
1990
7.7
As Actor
Drugstore Cowboy
1989
7.1
As Actor
Twister
1989
5.5
As Actor
Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
1986
8.2
As Actor
Ornette: Made in America
1986
6.3
As Actor
The Final Academy Documents
1984
8.0