This is a bibliography of the works of William S. Burroughs.
The Final Academy Documents, with experimental film collaborations of Brion Gysin, Antony Balch, John Giorno, and others, based on a tour organized by David Dawson, Roger Ely, and Genesis P-Orridge. A DVD of edited highlights from the tour, including Burroughs's 1982 appearance reading from his work at Manchester's The Haçienda, a performance by Giorno and includes the experimental film collaborations with Balch, Gysin, and others, Towers Open Fire and Ghosts at No. 9.
Burroughs appeared as himself in a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s, including the 1986 Laurie Anderson concert film Home of the Brave (in which Burroughs dances a slow-motion tango with Anderson during one number and provides vocal samples in other parts of the film), and the documentaries Heavy Petting and What Happened to Kerouac?
Burroughs also played a cameo part in the film Drugstore Cowboy, and his recording of The Junky's Christmas formed the basis for a 1993 animated short film of the same title in which Burroughs himself appears. He collaborated on the documentary Words of Advice: William S. Burroughs on the Road eventually released in 2007. An animated short film based upon his story "Ah Pook is Here" has also been produced.
Gus Van Sant made a short film in 1981 based on Burroughs's "The Discipline of DE".
Call Me Burroughs (1965) - The English Bookshop, Paris (reissued in 1995 by Rhino Word Beat)
The Nova Convention (1979) by Burroughs and others - LP GPS
Nothing Here Now But The Recordings (1981) with Brion Gysin - LP Industrial Records IR0016
You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With (1981) with John Giorno and Laurie Anderson - LP GPS
Mister Heartbreak (1984) by Laurie Anderson - Burroughs reads "Sharkey's Night"
The Elvis of Letters (1985) with Gus van Sant
Home of the Brave (1986) by Laurie Anderson - Burroughs sample is used in the song "Late Show"
UnCommon Quotes (1986) - Recorded at CARAVAN of DREAMS, September 11, 1986 (ISBN 0 929856 00 7); cassette only; includes foldout essay "William S. Burroughs: A Shift in Vision" by Robert Palmer
Smack My Crack (1987) with Tom Waits and various artists - LP GPS
Like A Girl I Want To Keep Coming (1989) by John Giorno - LP GPS
Seven Souls (1989) by Material - remixed in 1998 as The Road to the Western Lands
Dead City Radio (1990) - Island Records
Millions of Images (1990) with Gus Van Sant
The "Priest" they called him (1992) - Burroughs narrates and Kurt Cobain plays guitar
Break Through In Grey Room (1992) - A collection of readings and cutups - Sub Rosa Records
"Just One Fix" (1992) from the Ministry album Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs - Burroughs reads "Quick Fix" and created the cover art
The Black Rider (1992) - Musical co-authored with Tom Waits and Robert Wilson, sings on "T'ain't No Sin"
Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales with The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (1993) - Island Records
"Words Of Advice" on the Material album Hallucination Engine (1994)
10%: File under Burroughs (1996) - 2-CD set, produced by Frank Rynne and Joe Ambrose, Sub Rosa
Songs in the Key of X (1996) and In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 bonus disc (2003) - Burroughs vocal over an instrumental version of R.E.M.'s "Star Me Kitten"
Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors (2000) - Burroughs reads poetry by Jim Morrison over music by The Doors on "Is Everybody In?"
