William S. Burroughs Movies

A bizarre silent short film showing author William S. Burroughs negotiating to buy a parrot.

An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion...

Experimental artistic film which uses the milieu of experimental art with a background of various kinds of sounds and music. (worldcat.org)...

A documentary epic on magical healing in the Himalayas.

In 1982, Robert Frank was on hand at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, to film the Jack Kerouac Conference, a 25th-anniversary commemoration...

"The Discipline of D.E." is a short 16mm film directed by Gus Van Sant. It’s based on a story in “Exterminator!” by William...

Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.

After two years of filming, director Howard Brookner brought inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III a trunkful of William S. Burroughs...

Filmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in tribute to the compositions of Kurt Weill.

Peter Gidal’s starting point for his 16mm film was a soundtrack that consists of three lines from a 1,000 word story written by Gidal in 1971,...

Antony Balch tackles key themes and ideas from the writing of William S. Burroughs in a unique, cinematic style.

Documentation of the showcase titled 'The Final Academy', filmed on October 4, 1982 in The Haçienda, Manchester. Video 1 features the movies...

A road movie whose journey intersects with and extends the events of the International Counter-Culture Meeting that took place in 1975 in Montreal....

To celebrate the 100th birthday of America's most audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, Chicago Humanities Festival brings together a motley crew...

Thelema Now! host Frater Puck discusses William S. Burroughs, possession, synchronicities and chaos magick

One of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century, writer, composer and wanderer Paul Bowles (1910-1999) is profiled by a filmmaker who has been...

A collage of Derek Jarman's super 8 footage spanning over 20 years.

Essentially a dizzying montage of quirky shots of legendary Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs and noted surrealist artist Brion Gysin, this...

Experimental film by William S. Burroughs and Antony Balch