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Overview
Date of Birth:
Trivia:
Father of Oona Mekas. more
Awards:
6 wins
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(12 articles)
Shorts/YouTube/Avant Garde
(From Spout. 23 October 2009, 1:59 PM, PDT)
Home Movies
(From IFC. 1 September 2009, 1:48 AM, PDT)
(From Spout. 23 October 2009, 1:59 PM, PDT)
Home Movies
(From IFC. 1 September 2009, 1:48 AM, PDT)
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Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Writer, Actor, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Sound Department, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Camera and Electrical Department, Thanks, Self
Director:
- A Letter from Greenpoint (2005)
- Elvis (2001)
- Wien & Mozart (2001)
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
- Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album (2000) (V)
... aka Gimme Some Truth (UK: short title) - This Side of Paradise (1999)
... aka This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography (USA) - Birth of a Nation (1997)
- Happy Birthday to John (1996)
... aka Happy Birthday John Lennon - Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus) (1992)
- Self Portrait (1990)
- He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
- Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (1982)
- Paradise Not Yet Lost, or Oona's Third Year (1980)
- In Between (1978)
- Notes for Jerome (1978)
- Lost, Lost, Lost (1976)
- Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
- Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969)
... aka Walden (USA: new title) - Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel (1969)
- Cassis (1966)
- Notes on the Circus (1966)
- Report from Millbrook (1966)
- The Brig (1964)
- Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (1964)
- Film Magazine of the Arts (1963)
- Guns of the Trees (1961)
Cinematographer:
- A Letter from Greenpoint (2005)
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
- Jonas in the Desert (1994)
- He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
- Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
- Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969)
... aka Walden (USA: new title) - Cassis (1966)
- Notes on the Circus (1966)
- The Brig (1964)
- Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (1964)
- Empire (1964)
- Guns of the Trees (1961)
Editor:
- A Letter from Greenpoint (2005)
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
- This Side of Paradise (1999)
... aka This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography (USA) - Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
- Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969)
... aka Walden (USA: new title) - Cassis (1966)
- Notes on the Circus (1966)
- Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (1964)
- Guns of the Trees (1961)
Writer:
- A Letter from Greenpoint (2005) (creator)
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) (writer)
- This Side of Paradise (1999) (writer)
... aka This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography (USA) - Kralikuv seznam (1998) (TV) (article)
... aka Kralik's List - Jonas in the Desert (1994) (writer)
- Guns of the Trees (1961) (writer)
Actor:
- A Letter from Greenpoint (2005) .... Mekas
- The Definition of Insanity (2004) .... Dr. Mekas
- Belladonna (1989)
- Strong Medicine (1981)
- The Love Merchant (1966) (uncredited) .... Lounge Patron
... aka Love Merchants
... aka The Merchant (USA: bowdlerized title) - The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1963)
Producer:
- A Letter from Greenpoint (2005) (producer)
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) (producer)
- This Side of Paradise (1999) (producer)
... aka This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography (USA) - Happy Birthday to John (1996) (producer)
... aka Happy Birthday John Lennon - Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969) (producer)
... aka Walden (USA: new title) - Guns of the Trees (1961) (producer)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- "Andy Warhol's Factory People" (interview) (1 episode)
- Welcome to the Silver Factory (????) TV episode (interview) - Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album (2000) (V) (party footage)
... aka Gimme Some Truth (UK: short title) - Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) (stock footage and news material)
Sound Department:
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) (sound)
- Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969) (sound)
... aka Walden (USA: new title)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
- Going Home (1972) (assistant director)
- Hallelujah the Hills (1963) (assistant director)
Camera and Electrical Department:
- Notes on Marie Menken (2006) (additional photographer)
Thanks:
- Notes on Marie Menken (2006) (acknowledgment: with the generous help of)
- "Cinéma, de notre temps" (special thanks) (1 episode, 2003)
- Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty (2003) TV episode (special thanks) - Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) (thanks: for generous help and insight)
- Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989) (TV) (thanks)
Self:
- MindFlux: A Film About Richard Foreman (2009) (post-production) .... Himself
- "Kinomagazin" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Jonas Mekas (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Andy Warhol's Factory People" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2008)
- Speeding Into the Future (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Welcome to the Silver Factory (????) TV episode .... Himself
- Your Fifteen Minutes Are Up (????) TV episode .... Himself - Anger Me (2006) .... Himself
- Notes on Marie Menken (2006) .... Himself
- Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2006) .... Himself
- Who Gets to Call It Art? (2006) .... Himself
- Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol (2005) (TV) .... Himself/Interviewee
- There Is No Direction (2005) .... Himself
- Im Spiegel der Maya Deren (2002) .... Himself
... aka In the Mirror of Maya Deren - American Magus (2001) .... Himself
- Jonas at the Ocean (2001) .... Himself
- Notes on Jonas Mekas (2000) .... Mekas, Jonas
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) .... Himself
- Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (1999) .... Himself
- Divine Trash (1998) .... Himself
- Nico Icon (1995) .... Himself
- Jonas in the Desert (1994) .... Himself
- Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus) (1992) (voice)
- Just Visiting This Planet (1991)
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) .... Himself
- Step Across the Border (1990) .... Butterfly Wing
- Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- Invocation: Maya Deren (1987) .... Himself
- Cinématon (1984) .... Himself (1992)
- Paradise Not Yet Lost, or Oona's Third Year (1980) .... Himself
- Mahagonny (1980) .... Himself
... aka Number 18 (USA) - The Museum of Modern Art Show (1971) .... Himself
- Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969)
... aka Walden (USA: new title) - Galaxie (1966) .... Himself
- Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (1964) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Established the Anthology Film Archives in New York City where he still works. The Anthology is regarded to be the centre of avant-film in New York, and possibly the world.
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