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Samuel Beckett

Writing

Samuel Beckett

EN, IT, FR, CN cinema · 90 credits

Born

13 April 1906

Died

22 December 1989 (aged 83)

Birthplace

Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland

Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation."

Known for

Filmography

Beckett Directs Beckett: Endgame by Samuel Beckett poster

Beckett Directs Beckett: Endgame by Samuel Beckett

EN8.0

Director

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

ITNot rated

Theatre Play

Dada Knows Best

Dada Knows Best

ENNot rated

Original Story

The Lost Ones poster

The Lost Ones

ENNot rated

Writer

GIGI ! poster

GIGI !

FR · 2026Not rated

Original Story

How It Is poster

How It Is

EN · 2026Not rated

Writer

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

CN · 2025Not rated

Writer

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

EN · 2025Not rated

Novel

Endgame poster

Endgame

EN · 2023Not rated

Writer

Happy Days poster

Happy Days

EN · 2021Not rated

Writer

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

EN · 20213.0

Theatre Play

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune) poster

Beckett Double Bill (Krapp's Last Tape / The Old Tune)

EN · 2020Not rated

Writer

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

EN · 2020Not rated

Writer, Author

Come and Go poster

Come and Go

EN · 2020Not rated

Writer

Barney's Wall poster

Barney's Wall

EN · 2019Not rated

as Self (archive footage)

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett poster

Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

EN · 201910.0

as Self (Archive)

En attendant Godot poster

En attendant Godot

FR · 2019Not rated

Theatre Play

Beckett by Brook poster

Beckett by Brook

EN · 2018Not rated

Writer

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

RU · 20187.0

Theatre Play

Notfilm poster

Notfilm

EN · 20155.0

as Self (archive footage)

The Lost One

2014

The Lost One

UK · 2014Not rated

Short Story

What Where

2013

What Where

EN · 2013Not rated

Writer

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget poster

Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget

EN · 20137.3

Writer

ارتجال في المخ

2012

Emancipation in the Brain

AR · 2012Not rated

Novel

Wydalony poster

Wydalony

PL · 2011Not rated

Theatre Play, Short Story

Fin de partie poster

Fin de partie

FR · 200810.0

Theatre Play

Krapp's Last Tape poster

Krapp's Last Tape

EN · 2007Not rated

Theatre Play, Writer

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film poster

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

EN · 200310.0

Writer

Ohio Impromptu poster

Ohio Impromptu

EN · 20029.0

Writer

Catastrophe poster

Catastrophe

EN · 20016.4

Writer, Theatre Play

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

EN · 20017.1

Writer, Theatre Play

Act Without Words I

2001

Act Without Words I

EN · 20016.2

Writer, Theatre Play

A Piece of Monologue

2001

A Piece of Monologue

EN · 20017.3

Writer

Act Without Words II

2001

Act Without Words II

EN · 20014.5

Writer

Play poster

Play

EN · 20017.1

Theatre Play, Writer

Breath poster

Breath

EN · 20015.6

Writer

Happy Days poster

Happy Days

EN · 20007.5

Theatre Play, Writer

Endgame poster

Endgame

EN · 20007.3

Writer

Rough for Theatre II poster

Rough for Theatre II

EN · 20005.8

Writer, Theatre Play

Rough for Theatre I poster

Rough for Theatre I

EN · 20007.0

Writer

Come and Go

2000

Come and Go

EN · 20006.0

Writer

Footfalls

2000

Footfalls

EN · 20006.2

Writer

Krapp's Last Tape poster

Krapp's Last Tape

EN · 20007.4

Writer

Rockaby poster

Rockaby

EN · 20005.1

Writer

What Where poster

What Where

EN · 20006.2

Writer

Not I poster

Not I

EN · 20005.8

Writer

That Time poster

That Time

EN · 20004.0

Writer

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin poster

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

EN · 1998Not rated

Writer

NEKO-MIMI poster

NEKO-MIMI

JA · 19947.5

Dialogue

Be Again poster

Be Again

EN · 1994Not rated

Writer

Waiting for Beckett poster

Waiting for Beckett

EN · 19939.0

as Self

En attendant Godot poster

En attendant Godot

FR · 19894.7

Theatre Play

Endgame poster

Endgame

EN · 19899.0

Theatre Play

Ostatnia Taśma

1989

Ostatnia Taśma

PL · 1989Not rated

Screenplay

Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett poster

Beckett Directs Beckett: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

EN · 19888.0

Director, Writer

Godot in San Quentin poster

Godot in San Quentin

EN · 1988Not rated

Writer

Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett poster

Beckett Directs Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett

EN · 198810.0

Director

Was Wo

1986

Was Wo

EN · 1986Not rated

Writer, Director

My Case poster

My Case

FR · 19866.9

Short Story

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence poster

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence

EN · 1984Not rated

as Self - (Archive)

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' poster

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

EN · 19837.5

as Self (archive footage), Writer, Theatre Play

Night and Dreams poster

Night and Dreams

EN · 198310.0

Writer, Director

Quad I+II poster

Quad I+II

DE · 19817.0

Director, Writer

Rockaby poster

Rockaby

EN · 1981Not rated

Writer

Happy Days poster

Happy Days

EN · 19808.0

Writer

He Joe poster

He Joe

DE · 19796.0

Director, Writer

Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett) poster

Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)

EN · 19798.0

Writer

Happy Days poster

Happy Days

EN · 1979Not rated

Director, Writer

Ghost Trio poster

Ghost Trio

EN · 1977Not rated

Writer

...but the clouds... poster

...but the clouds...

EN · 19779.0

Writer

Ghost Trio poster

Ghost Trio

DE · 1977Not rated

Director, Writer

... nur noch Gewölk ...

1977

... nur noch Gewölk ...

EN · 1977Not rated

Director, Writer

Warten auf Godot

1976

Warten auf Godot

DE · 197610.0

Director

O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro

1976

O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro

PT · 19769.5

Theatre Play

Not I poster

Not I

EN · 19736.6

Writer, Director

Krapp's Last Tape poster

Krapp's Last Tape

EN · 197210.0

Writer

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

SV · 19717.5

Theatre Play

Beckett in Berlin poster

Beckett in Berlin

EN · 19697.0

as Self

Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview poster

Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview

EN · 1969Not rated

as Self

Atto senza parole poster

Atto senza parole

IT · 19697.0

Theatre Play

If I Had Four Dromedaries poster

If I Had Four Dromedaries

FR · 19667.0

as Self (photo)

Atto senza parole secondo

1966

Atto senza parole secondo

IT · 1966Not rated

Theatre Play

Eh, Joe? poster

Eh, Joe?

EN · 196610.0

Writer

He Joe poster

He Joe

DE · 1966Not rated

Director, Writer

Comédie poster

Comédie

FR · 19668.7

Director, Writer

Film poster

Film

EN · 19657.0

Writer, Director

Beginning to End poster

Beginning to End

EN · 1965Not rated

Writer

Glade Dage poster

Glade Dage

DA · 1964Not rated

Original Story

Tous ceux qui tombent poster

Tous ceux qui tombent

FR · 19637.0

Radio Play

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot

EN · 19616.0

Theatre Play