Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kenneth Elton "Ken" Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American author, best known for his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), and as a counter-cultural figure who considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. "I was too young to be a beatnik, and too old to be a hippie," Kesey said in a 1999 interview with Robert K. Elder. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Kesey...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Net
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic...
Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
2018
An associative view of the days, nights and characters that enclosed the life of Arthur Janov, which defines in the conclusion "It's never too late to...
Ken Kesey
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Ken Kesey (1935 - 2001) is one of the best-known authors to ever emerge from Oregon. He wrote his two most-acclaimed novels, One Flew Over the Cuckoo'...
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place
2011
as Self
A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the fam...
Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic...
Hippies
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The 1960's and 1970's were a time of change, a time of revolution, a time of the Hippies. Hippies reached across the nation and their effects are stil...
Go Further
2003
as Self
"Go Further" explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change. The film follows actor Woody Harrelson as...
The Beatles Revolution
2000
as Self
A primetime special celebrating The Beatles and exploring the lasting impact on pop music of Beatles innovations like stadium concerts, music videos, ...
Twister: A Musical Catastrophe
2000
as Oz
A musical play themed with the end of the world, leading up to the Millennium. Set in the land of Oz, with commentary by a talking skeleton and people...
Twister: A Musical Catastrophe
2000
Director, Writer
A musical play themed with the end of the world, leading up to the Millennium. Set in the land of Oz, with commentary by a talking skeleton and people...
Intrepid Traveler and His Merry Band of Pranksters Search for a Cool Place
1999
Director
A film by Ken Kesey
Tripping
1999
as Self
A look at the life and influence of acclaimed sixties writer Ken Kesey. Features archive footage of his 1964 Magic Bus Tour with The Merry Pranksters.
The Source
1999
as Self
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1...
Completely Cuckoo
1997
as Self
Behind the scenes interviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Gökboet
1996
Novel
McMurphy pretends to be mad to avoid a prison sentence but existence in the mental hospital is not what he imagined.
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story
1995
as Self
Pre embodied the spirit of athletic excellence. He had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endura...
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story
1995
Writer
Pre embodied the spirit of athletic excellence. He had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endura...
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
as Sissy's Daddy
A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.
LSD: The Beyond Within
1986
as Self
This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious hallucinogenic drug is notably free of moral judgmental,...
Toestanden
1976
Writer
"Conditions" - The improvisation-based performance was inspired by psychiatrists such as RD Laing (Family and Madness) and J. Foudraine (Who is of woo...
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
Made in 1976, TVTV's close-up look at Hollywood's annual awards ritual mixes irreverent documentary with deadpan comedy. TVTV's cameras go behind the ...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Novel
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and...
Sometimes a Great Notion
1971
Novel
Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue...
The Acid Test
1966
as Self
Sound and image captured by the Merry Pranksters in late 1965 and early 1966: the bus on the road, the Grateful Dead playing an Acid Test, Kool-Aid ri...
The Acid Test
1966
Director
Sound and image captured by the Merry Pranksters in late 1965 and early 1966: the bus on the road, the Grateful Dead playing an Acid Test, Kool-Aid ri...