William S. Burroughs

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William S. Burroughs

Born 1914-02-05 St. Louis, Missouri, USA 76 films

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 …

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Filmography

76 films
Nova '78 poster

Resurrected through UK-led archival restoration NOVA 78' shows never-before-seen footage of the leg…

Nova '78

★ 0.0 2026

This Is Buzz poster

A mind-blowing music documentary about the first immersive TV show on MTV when MTV was cool.

This Is Buzz

★ 1.0 2026

Uncle Howard poster

When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feat…

Uncle Howard

★ 6.6 2017

Coda I poster

Peter Gidal’s starting point for his 16mm film was a soundtrack that consists of three lines from a…

Coda I

★ 0.0 2013