William S. Burroughs

Active years (films on this site)

1966–2024

Genres

DramaDocumentaryShort filmComedyMusical

Schools and movements

American Independent CinemaCanadian CinemaContemporary European Art CinemaFrench New Wave

Biography

William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodern author who influenced underground and popular culture and literature. Much of Burroughs's work is experimental and features unreliable narrators. Also noted as semi-autobiographical, his work often drew from his experiences with drug addiction, and featured his various places of residence as settings in much of his work. With Brion Gysin, Burroughs popularized the cut-up, an aleatory literary technique. His writing also engaged frequent mystical, occult, or otherwise magical themes, constant preoccupations in his fiction and real life.

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Awards and honours

International

• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

Directors worked with

Conrad Rooks1 filmGus Van Sant1 filmLaurie Anderson1 filmShari Springer Berman1 filmLuca Guadagnino1 film

5 films on this site

1. Chappaqua 1966 · Conrad Rooks · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
2. The Discipline of D.E. 1982 · Gus Van Sant · IMDb 6.6 · Writer
3. Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson 1986 · Laurie Anderson · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
4. Wanderlust 2006 · Shari Springer Berman · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
5. Queer 2024 · Luca Guadagnino · IMDb 6.3 · Writer