Writing · geboren 1914-02-05 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der der Beat Generation zugerechnet wird. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist der Roman Naked Lunch.

Bekannt aus

• Good Will Hunting (1997) – In Memory Of
• Naked Lunch (1991) – Novel
• Drugstore Cowboy (1989) – Tom the Priest
• Queer (2024) – Novel
• Saturday Night Live (1975) – Self
• The Wild Boys (2017) – Original Story
• Take Your Pills (2018) – Self (archive footage)
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994) – Self
• Joy Division - Die Dokumentation (2009)
• Twister (1989) – Man in Barn
• Decoder (1984) – Old Man
• Das Buch des Lebens (1998) – Preacher on Radio (voice)
• William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) – Self
• Burroughs: The Movie (1984) – Self
• Bluthunde am Broadway (1989) – Butler
• For No Good Reason (2012) – Self (archive footage)
• The Discipline of D.E. (1982) – Story
• The Junky's Christmas (1993) – Narrator
• Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991) – James "Hive" Maker
• The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2012)
• Die Beat Generation - wie alles anfing (1999) – Self (archive footage)
• Glitterbug (1994) – Self
• The Cut-Ups (1966)
• Thanksgiving Prayer (1991) – A Speaker
• Don't Blink - Robert Frank (2015) – Self (archive footage)
• Chappaqua (1966) – Opium Jones
• William Buys a Parrot (1963) – Self
• Towers Open Fire (1963)
• Uncle Howard (2017) – Self
• Ornette: Made in America (1986) – Self
• Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson (1986) – Self
• Taking Tiger Mountain (1982) – Writer
• Heavy Petting (1989) – Self
• Relics: Einstein's Brain (1994) – Self
• Naked Making Lunch (1992) – Self
• Ah Pook Is Here. (1994) – Narrator
• The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) – Self
• William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers (1991) – Self
• Pirate Tape (1983)
• Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968) – Narrator