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Videos (see all 2)
Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969) -- Clip: Three
MindFlux: A Film About Richard Foreman (2009) -- The "mindFLUX" teaser video provides a preview of the film's content and style. Richard Foreman and his groundbreaking experimental art are mirrored by fast paced cuts and the exciting cultural backdrop of late '60s and '70s from which many prominent artists interviewed for the film emerged. The film will build on the teaser's presentation with animation, advance motion graphics and integrated media.

Overview

Contact:
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Trivia:
Father of Oona Mekas. more
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Awards:
6 wins more
NewsDesk:
(12 articles)
Shorts/YouTube/Avant Garde
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Filmography

Writer:
  1. A Letter from Greenpoint (2005) (creator)
  2. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) (writer)

  3. This Side of Paradise (1999) (writer)
    ... aka This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography (USA)
  4. Kralikuv seznam (1998) (TV) (article)
    ... aka Kralik's List
  5. Jonas in the Desert (1994) (writer)

  6. Guns of the Trees (1961) (writer)
Actor:
  1. A Letter from Greenpoint (2005) .... Mekas
  2. The Definition of Insanity (2004) .... Dr. Mekas

  3. Belladonna (1989)
  4. Strong Medicine (1981)

  5. The Love Merchant (1966) (uncredited) .... Lounge Patron
    ... aka Love Merchants
    ... aka The Merchant (USA: bowdlerized title)
  6. The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1963)
Producer:
  1. A Letter from Greenpoint (2005) (producer)
  2. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) (producer)

  3. This Side of Paradise (1999) (producer)
    ... aka This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography (USA)
  4. Happy Birthday to John (1996) (producer)
    ... aka Happy Birthday John Lennon

  5. Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969) (producer)
    ... aka Walden (USA: new title)
  6. Guns of the Trees (1961) (producer)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. "Andy Warhol's Factory People" (interview) (1 episode)
        - Welcome to the Silver Factory (????) TV episode (interview)
  2. Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album (2000) (V) (party footage)
    ... aka Gimme Some Truth (UK: short title)

  3. Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) (stock footage and news material)
Thanks:
  1. Notes on Marie Menken (2006) (acknowledgment: with the generous help of)
  2. "Cinéma, de notre temps" (special thanks) (1 episode, 2003)
        - Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty (2003) TV episode (special thanks)

  3. Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) (thanks: for generous help and insight)

  4. Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989) (TV) (thanks)
Self:
  1. MindFlux: A Film About Richard Foreman (2009) (post-production) .... Himself

  2. "Kinomagazin" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
        - Jonas Mekas (2008) TV episode .... Himself
  3. "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
  4. Anger Me (2006) .... Himself
  5. Notes on Marie Menken (2006) .... Himself
  6. Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2006) .... Himself
  7. Who Gets to Call It Art? (2006) .... Himself
  8. Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol (2005) (TV) .... Himself/Interviewee
  9. There Is No Direction (2005) .... Himself
  10. Im Spiegel der Maya Deren (2002) .... Himself
    ... aka In the Mirror of Maya Deren
  11. American Magus (2001) .... Himself
  12. Jonas at the Ocean (2001) .... Himself
  13. Notes on Jonas Mekas (2000) .... Mekas, Jonas
  14. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) .... Himself

  15. Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (1999) .... Himself
  16. Divine Trash (1998) .... Himself
  17. Nico Icon (1995) .... Himself
  18. Jonas in the Desert (1994) .... Himself
  19. Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus) (1992) (voice)
  20. Just Visiting This Planet (1991)
  21. Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) .... Himself
  22. Step Across the Border (1990) .... Butterfly Wing

  23. Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989) (TV) .... Himself
  24. Invocation: Maya Deren (1987) .... Himself
  25. Cinématon (1984) .... Himself (1992)
  26. Paradise Not Yet Lost, or Oona's Third Year (1980) .... Himself
  27. Mahagonny (1980) .... Himself
    ... aka Number 18 (USA)

  28. The Museum of Modern Art Show (1971) .... Himself

  29. Diaries Notes and Sketches (1969)
    ... aka Walden (USA: new title)
  30. Galaxie (1966) .... Himself
  31. 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. more
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