John Giorno

Actor

Born: December 4, 1936 (82 years old)

Died: October 12, 2019

Place of birth: New York, New York

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.

Filmography (5)

• Burroughs: The Movie (1984, ★ 7)
• Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010, ★ 7.3)
• Uncle Howard (2017, ★ 6.5)
• Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007, ★ 4.8)
• Sleep (1964, ★ 3.8)