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Jonas Mekas

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Was in German labor camps during WWII. After the war he spent time in Germany as a displaced person, settling in New York City in 1949. See more trivia »

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in Semeniskiai, Lithuania
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Hide HideDirector (42 titles)
2012 Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
 
2011 Correspondencia Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin (documentary)
 
2011 Sleepless Nights Stories
 
2010 WTC Haikus (documentary short)
 
2009 42 One Dream Rush (short)
 
2005 A Letter from Greenpoint
 
2003 Williamsburg, Brooklyn (short)
 
2001 Elvis (short)
 
2001 Wien & Mozart (short)
 
2000 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (documentary)
 
2000 Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album (video documentary)
 
1999 This Side of Paradise (documentary short)
 
1998 Song of Avignon (video short)
 
1997 Happy Birthday to John (documentary short)
 
1997 Birth of a Nation (documentary)
 
1997 Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (video documentary)
 
1995 Imperfect Three Image Films (video short)
 
1992 Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus) (documentary short)
 
1991 Quartet Number One (video short)
 
1990 Self Portrait (short)
 
1986 He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
 
1982 Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (documentary short)
 
1981 The Song of Stockholm (short)
 
1980 Paradise Not Yet Lost, or Oona's Third Year
 
1978 In Between
 
1978 Notes for Jerome
 
1976 Lost, Lost, Lost (documentary)
 
1972 Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (documentary)
 
1971 The Song of Moscow (short)
 
1969 Walden (documentary)
 
1969 Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel (short)
 
1967 The Song of Avila (short)
 
1967 The Song of Assisi (short)
 
1967 The Song of Italy (short)
 
1966 Cassis (documentary short)
 
1966 Hare Krishna (short)
 
1966 Notes on the Circus (documentary short)
 
1966 Report from Millbrook (documentary short)
 
1964 The Brig
 
1964 Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (documentary short)
 
1963 Film Magazine of the Arts (short)
 
1961 Guns of the Trees
 
Show ShowCinematographer (22 titles)
2013 Remanence I - (Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost) (short) (original footage)
 
2012 Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
 
2011 Sleepless Nights Stories
 
2005 A Letter from Greenpoint
 
2003 Williamsburg, Brooklyn (short)
 
2000 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (documentary)
 
1998 Song of Avignon (video short)
 
1997 Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (video documentary)
 
1995 Imperfect Three Image Films (video short)
 
1994 Jonas in the Desert (documentary)
 
1991 Quartet Number One (video short)
 
1986 He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
 
1981 The Song of Stockholm (short)
 
1972 Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (documentary)
 
1971 The Song of Moscow (short)
 
1969 Walden (documentary)
 
1966 Cassis (documentary short)
 
1966 Notes on the Circus (documentary short)
 
1964 The Brig
 
1964 Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (documentary short)
 
1964 Empire (documentary)
 
1961 Guns of the Trees
 
Show ShowEditor (20 titles)
2012 Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
 
2011 Sleepless Nights Stories
 
2010 WTC Haikus (documentary short)
 
2005 A Letter from Greenpoint
 
2003 Williamsburg, Brooklyn (short)
 
2000 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (documentary)
 
1999 This Side of Paradise (documentary short)
 
1998 Song of Avignon (video short)
 
1997 Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (video documentary)
 
1995 Imperfect Three Image Films (video short)
 
1991 Carl G. Jung or Lapis Philosophorum (documentary short)
 
1991 Quartet Number One (video short)
 
1981 The Song of Stockholm (short)
 
1972 Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (documentary)
 
1971 The Song of Moscow (short)
 
1969 Walden (documentary)
 
1966 Cassis (documentary short)
 
1966 Notes on the Circus (documentary short)
 
1964 Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (documentary short)
 
1961 Guns of the Trees
 
Show ShowProducer (12 titles)
2011 Brooklyn Salvador (documentary) (co-producer)
 
2010 Kazuo Ohno Trilogy (documentary) (co-producer)
 
2010 WTC Haikus (documentary short) (producer)
 
2005 A Letter from Greenpoint (producer)
 
2003 Williamsburg, Brooklyn (short) (producer)
 
2000 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (documentary) (producer)
 
1999 This Side of Paradise (documentary short) (producer)
 
1997 Happy Birthday to John (documentary short) (producer)
 
1981 The Song of Stockholm (short) (producer)
 
1971 The Song of Moscow (short) (producer)
 
1969 Walden (documentary) (producer)
 
1961 Guns of the Trees (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (7 titles)
2012 Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
Jonas Mekas
 
2005 A Letter from Greenpoint
Mekas
 
2004 The Definition of Insanity
Dr. Mekas
 
1989 Belladonna (short)
 
1981 Strong Medicine
 
1966 The Love Merchant
Lounge Patron (uncredited)
 
1963 The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
 
Show ShowWriter (7 titles)
2010 WTC Haikus (documentary short)
 
2005 A Letter from Greenpoint (creator)
 
2000 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (documentary)
 
1999 This Side of Paradise (documentary short) (writer)
 
1998 Kralikuv seznam (TV movie) (article)
 
1994 Jonas in the Desert (documentary)
 
1961 Guns of the Trees
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
2008 Patti Smith: Dream of Life (documentary) (archival footage courtesy of)
 
2008 Andy Warhol's Factory People (TV series documentary) (interview - 1 episode)
– Welcome to the Silver Factory (interview)
 
2000 Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album (video documentary) (party footage)
 
1990 Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (documentary) (stock footage and news material)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (3 titles)
2012 Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (documentary) (additional cinematography)
 
2010 Kazuo Ohno Trilogy (documentary) (camera operator)
 
2006 Notes on Marie Menken (documentary) (additional photographer)
 
Show ShowSound Department (2 titles)
2000 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (documentary) (sound)
 
1969 Walden (documentary) (sound)
 
1972 Going Home (documentary) (assistant director)
 
1963 Hallelujah the Hills (assistant director)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2011 Curb Dance (video short) (dedicatee)
 
2006 Notes on Marie Menken (documentary) (acknowledgment: with the generous help of)
 
2003 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty (2003) (special thanks)
 
1995 Nico Icon (documentary) (acknowledgment: "Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol" footage courtesy of)
 
1990 Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (documentary) (thanks: for generous help and insight)
 
1989 Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (TV documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (48 titles)
2013 Hans Richter: Everything Turns, Everything Revolves (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 I Belong to Me: The Cool Blue Halo Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Jonas Mekas: I Am Not a Filmmaker (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Correspondencia Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Die Ameise der Kunst (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself - Filmmaker
– LennoNYC (2010) … Himself - Filmmaker
 
2010 New York Conversations (documentary)
Himself
 
2010/II Guest (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Visionaries (documentary)
 
2010 Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas (documentary short)
 
2010 MindFlux (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Kinomagazin (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jonas Mekas (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Andy Warhol's Factory People (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Speeding Into the Future (2008) … Himself
– Your Fifteen Minutes Are Up (2008) … Himself
– Welcome to the Silver Factory … Himself
 
2006 Anger Me (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Notes on Marie Menken (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (documentary)
Anthology Film Archives/Filmmaker
 
2006 Who Gets to Call It Art? (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol (TV documentary)
Himself/Interviewee
 
2005 There Is No Direction (documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Excavating Taylor Mead (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Jonas at the Ocean (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 American Magus (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 In the Mirror of Maya Deren (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Notes on Jonas Mekas (documentary short)
Mekas, Jonas
 
2000 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Divine Trash (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit (video documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Nico Icon (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Jonas in the Desert (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus) (documentary short) (voice)
 
1991 Just Visiting This Planet (documentary)
 
1990 Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Step Across the Border (documentary)
Butterfly Wing
 
1989 Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Invocation: Maya Deren (documentary)
Himself
 
1986 New York Framed (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Cinématon (documentary)
Himself (1992)
 
1980 Mahagonny
Himself
 
1980 Paradise Not Yet Lost, or Oona's Third Year
Himself
 
1971 The Museum of Modern Art Show (documentary short)
Himself
 
1969 Walden (documentary)
 
1969 Filmmakers (documentary short)
Himself
 
1966 Galaxie
Himself
 
1966 Poem Posters (short)
Himself
 
1964 Jonas in the Brig (short)
Himself
 
1964 Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2009 It Came from Kuchar (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Operator Kaufman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Org
Himself
 

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Personal 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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2 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 1 Article  | See more »

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Personal Quote:

In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don't care about my cinema. In Europe they don't know my poetry; in Europe, I am a filmmaker. But here, in the United States, I am only a maverick! See more »

Trivia:

Was in German labor camps during WWII. After the war he spent time in Germany as a displaced person, settling in New York City in 1949. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn