William S. Burroughs

Known for WritingBorn 1914-02-05Died 1997-08-02St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Condo Painting

Cain's Film

Une semaine dans la vie de camarades

Good Will Hunting

Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson

The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

The Final Academy Documents

Ghost at No. 9

Poetry in Motion

Chelsea Hotel

Joy Division

Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

The Black Rider

Fix: The Ministry Movie

Naked Making Lunch

It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

Don't Blink - Robert Frank

William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers

The Last Words of Dutch Schultz

Drugstore Cowboy

For No Good Reason

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

Naked Lunch

FLicKeR

Witchcraft Through the Ages

Burroughs: The Movie

Shamans of the Blind Country

Relics: Einstein's Brain

Queer

Underground and Emigrants

The Junky's Christmas

Pirate Tape

Take Your Pills

Uncle Howard

The Wild Boys

Saturday Night Live

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

Destroy All Rational Thought

Ornette: Made in America

The Book of Life

This Song for Jack

The Cut-Ups

Ah Pook Is Here.

Ice Cream

Towers Open Fire

Bill and Tony