Brion Gysin(1916-1986)
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Born to Canadian parents during the First World War - his father died
at the Battle of the Somme. In 1921 settled in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada with his mother. Became an artist in the late 1930s and a writer
in the 1940s. Became well know for a surreal style of art, and with
William S. Burroughs devises the style of writing known as "cut-ups."
Considered a hero of the Beat Generation and the avant garde music
scene.
