David Wojnarowicz

Known for

Acting

Born

September 14, 1954

Birthplace

Red Bank, New Jersey, USA

Died

July 22, 1992 (aged 37)

Biography

David Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the New York City art world.

Best known work

Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker

2020

You Killed Me First

1985

Manhattan Love Suicides

1985

Stray Dogs

1985

Postcards from America

1995

Silence = Death

1990

Abuse

1983

Where Evil Dwells

1985

Fear of Disclosure

1989

A Fire in My Belly

1990

Filmography

2023
Relax Be Cruel
Thanks
2021
Summer '89
as David Wojnarowicz
2021
Promises: Through Congress
Other
2020
The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space
as Self
2020
Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker
as Self
2019
Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: a Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s Life, 1989–1991
as Himself (archive footage)
1995
Postcards from America
Other
1994
By the Dawn's Early Light
as Narrator, Writer
1992
Listen to This
as Himself
1991
Bust
as Himself, Writer
1991
ITSOFOMO
Director
1990
A Fire in My Belly
as Himself, Director
1990
Silence = Death
as Self
1990
Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz
as Himself
1989
All I can feel is the pressure
as himself
1989
Fear of Disclosure
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
1989
When I Put My Hands on Your Body
Director
1988
Beautiful People
Director, Editor, Music
1988
Super 8
Director
1987
Around Clown
Director, Creator
1987
Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)
Director
1985
Where Evil Dwells
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Writer
1985
Stray Dogs
as Fan
1985
You Killed Me First
as Dad
1985
Manhattan Love Suicides
as Fan (segment "Stray Dogs")