Acting credits
18
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
John Giorno
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Movies: 18Series: 0
TMDB ID: 1091965
IMDb ID: nm0320442
Known for: Acting
Born: December 4, 1936
Died: October 12, 2019
Age: 82
Place of birth: New York, New York
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2025
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 5.95
Wikidata: Q642513
Biography
John Giorno was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events, including Dial-A-Poem. He became prominent as the subject of Andy Warhol's film Sleep.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Giorno.
Nova '78
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
6.5
Uncle Howard
as Self
2017 Movie
5.0
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
as Self
2015 Movie
5.0
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
as Self
2013 Movie
7.3
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
as Self
2010 Movie
4.8
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
as Self - poet
2007 Movie
Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs On the Road
2007 Movie
IDn4
as John Giorno
1991 Movie
5.0
Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
as Self
1989 Movie
5.7
Andy Warhol
as Self
1987 Movie
8.0
The Final Academy Documents
1984 Movie
7.0
Burroughs: The Movie
as Self
1984 Movie
7.0
Poetry in Motion
as Self
1982 Movie
10.0
Carrefour de la chaussée d'Antin
1973 Movie
8.0
Screen Test #3
as Self (uncredited)
1966 Movie
8.0
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
1965 Movie
Screen Test: John Giorno
as Self
1964 Movie
3.6
Sleep
as Himself
1964 Movie