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David Wojnarowicz
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 37
Also known asDavid VoynaGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn14/09/1954Born inRed Bank, New Jersey, USADied22/07/1992 (aged 37)Died inNew York CityCausedeath from AIDS-related complicationsWikidataQ952233 ↗TMDb#1143741 ↗

David Michael Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village art scene. He incorporated personal narratives influenced by his struggle with AIDS as well as his political activism in his art until his death from the disease in 1992.

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Filmography17 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2021Summer '89MovieDavid Wojnarowicz67
2020The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists SpaceMovieSelf66
2020Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot FuckerMovieSelf66
2019Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: a Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s Life, 1989–1991MovieHimself (archive footage)65
1994By the Dawn's Early LightMovieNarrator40
1992Listen to ThisMovieHimself38
1991BustMovieHimself37
1990Silence = DeathMovieSelf36
1990Phil Interviews David WojnarowiczMovieHimself36
1990A Fire in My BellyMovieHimself36
1989All I can feel is the pressureMoviehimself35
1987Around ClownMovie—33
1985The Virginia Tripping FilmMovie—31
1983AbuseMovieStreet Interviewee29
1983American ObsessionsMovieSelf29
1982Pompeii New York, Part 1: Pier CaressesMovie—28
1981CockabunniesMovieSelf27