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Filmography
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Known For
On the Road Writer (2012) -
The Subterraneans Writer (1960) -
Big Sur Writer (2013) -
Known For
Drug-Taking and the Arts Writer (1993) -
Writer
L'aura de minuit (2015) -
Big Sur (2013)
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On the Road (2012)
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Book of Blues (2001)
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The Fifties (1997) -
United States of Poetry (1995) -
Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993)
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![What Happened to Kerouac?]( "What Happened to Kerouac?")
What Happened to Kerouac? (1986) -
![Kerouac, the Movie]( "Kerouac, the Movie")
Kerouac, the Movie (1984) -
On the Road (1962)
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![The Subterraneans]( "The Subterraneans")
The Subterraneans (1960) -
Writer
![Pull My Daisy]( "Pull My Daisy")
Pull My Daisy (1959) -
Soundtrack
![On the Road]( "On the Road")
On the Road (2012) -
![Professor Norman Cornett]( "Professor Norman Cornett")
Professor Norman Cornett (2009) -
![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (2005) -
Soundtrack
![Pull My Daisy]( "Pull My Daisy")
Pull My Daisy (1959) -
Actor
![Pull My Daisy]( "Pull My Daisy")
Pull My Daisy Narrator (1959) -
Archive footage
![Take Your Pills]( "Take Your Pills")
Take Your Pills (2018) -
![The Sixties]( "The Sixties")
The Sixties (2014) -
![Beat Generation]( "Beat Generation")
Beat Generation (2013) -
![Love Always, Carolyn]( "Love Always, Carolyn")
Love Always, Carolyn (2011) -
![Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place]( "Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place")
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![Il falso bugiardo]( "Il falso bugiardo")
Il falso bugiardo (2008) -
Speak Out (2007)
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![SexTV]( "SexTV")
SexTV (2006) -
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![Beat Boys Beat Girls]( "Beat Boys Beat Girls")
Beat Boys Beat Girls (2003) -
![Generazioni d'amore: Le quattro Americhe di Fernanda Pivano]( "Generazioni d'amore: Le quattro Americhe di Fernanda Pivano")
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![New York in the 50's]( "New York in the 50's")
New York in the 50's (2000) -
![The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation]( "The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation")
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![Bravo Profiles]( "Bravo Profiles")
Bravo Profiles (1998) -
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![The Fifties]( "The Fifties")
The Fifties (1997) -
![The Works]( "The Works")
The Works (1997) -
![Un siècle d'écrivains]( "Un siècle d'écrivains")
Un siècle d'écrivains (1996) -
![United States of Poetry]( "United States of Poetry")
United States of Poetry (1995) -
![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (1994) -
![Sonic Youth: Teenage Riot]( "Sonic Youth: Teenage Riot")
Sonic Youth: Teenage Riot (1988) -
![The Beat Generation: An American Dream]( "The Beat Generation: An American Dream")
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Archive footage
![What Happened to Kerouac?]( "What Happened to Kerouac?")
What Happened to Kerouac? (1986) -
![Kerouac, the Movie]( "Kerouac, the Movie")
Kerouac, the Movie (1984) -
Additional CrewVenus Blue (1998)
All Filmography
Videos
Did You Know
Trivia
He was offered $110,000 for the screen rights to "On the Road" (approximately $750,000 in 2006 terms). On the advice of his agent Sterling Lord, he turned the offer down, holding out for a hope-for $150,000 deal with Paramount that would have ...
Quotes
I'm pro-American... this country gave my French-Canadian family a good break.
Trademark
Originated the term "Beat Generation."
Nickname
Memory Babe
Star Sign
Pisces
Personal Details
Born
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Died
(age 47)
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Height:
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