Lawrence Ferlinghetti
American artist, writer and activist (1919–2021)
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), which has been translated into nine languages and sold over a million copies. When Ferlinghetti turned 100 in March 2019, the city of San Francisco turned his birthday, March 24, into "Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day".
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 5 films (1950–1970) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 8 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▼ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | [Tyrannus Nix?--excerpt] | film by Irving Saraf and Bill Yahraus. | 1 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1966 | Wholly Communion | Contemporary Films | 33 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1966 | Wholly Communion | McGraw-Hill | 41 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1965 | Goldmouth | filmmaker, Robert Branaman. | 16mm | Color & B&W | silent | |
| 1950s | Have you sold your dozen roses? | produced by the California School of Fine Arts Film Workshop ; a film by Philip Greene, David Myers, Allen Willis. | 9 | 16mm | B&W | sound |