Filmography William S. Burroughs

The complete filmography of William S. Burroughs. An overview of all movies and series as an actor, producer, writer, director and editor with a MovieMeter rating.

• Actor (30)
• Writer (6)

Actor (30)

	Nova '78 (2025) Documentary / Music
	Don't Blink - Robert Frank (2015) as Self (archive footage) Documentary	2,5 (1)
	Uncle Howard (2016) as Self Documentary
	The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011) Documentary / Music	3,75 (2)

	Fix (2011) as Himself Documentary / Biography
	William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) as Self Documentary / Biography	3,17 (21)
	Flicker (2008) as Himself Documentary	3 (1)
	Obscene (2007) as Himself Documentary
	Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998) as Himself Documentary

	The Source (1999) as Self Documentary	3,62 (12)
	The Book of Life (1998) as Preacher on Radio (voice) Comedy	3,06 (25)
	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) as Self Drama / Comedy	2,33 (68)
	Glitterbug (1994) as Himself Biography / Documentary	3,36 (7)
	Relics: Einstein's Brain (1994) as Himself Mockumentary	3,26 (25)
	The Junky's Christmas (1994) as Narrator Animation	3,25 (2)
	The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994) Documentary
	Wax, or the Discovery of Television among the Bees (1991) as James "Hive" Maker Documentary / Scifi	3,33 (6)
	William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers (1991) as Himself Documentary	3,12 (4)
	Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) as Butler Comedy / Drama	1,91 (17)
	Drugstore Cowboy (1989) as Tom the Priest Crime / Drama 3 comments	3,31 (320)
	Heavy Petting (1989) as Self Documentary	2,3 (5)
	Twister (1989) as Man in Barn Comedy	2,06 (9)
	Ornette: Made in America (1985) as Self Documentary / Music	3,62 (4)
	Decoder (1984) as Old Man Mystery 1 comment	3,43 (23)
	Burroughs: The Movie (1983) as Self Documentary	3,9 (10)
	Poetry in Motion (1982) Documentary	4,5 (1)
	Schamanen im Blinden Land (1981) as Narrator (voice) Documentary	3 (2)
	Saturday Night Live (1975) (TV show) as Self Comedy / Music
	Chappaqua (1966) as Opium Jones Drama 1 comment	3,63 (26)
	The Cut-Ups (1966) Documentary / Experimental
	Towers Open Fire (1963) Experimental / Scifi

Writer (6)

	Queer (2024) Novel 3 comments	3,12 (110)
	The Junky's Christmas (1994) Novel	3,25 (2)
	Naked Lunch (1991) Novel 2 comments	3,29 (477)
	Taking Tiger Mountain (1983) Writer	2,25 (2)
	The Cut-Ups (1966) Story
	Towers Open Fire (1963) Writer