- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 30, 1925
- Place of Birth
- Semeniškiai, Lithuania
- Died
- May 31, 2011
Adolfas Mekas
Adolfas Mekas (born on September 30th 1924 in Semeniskiai, Lithuania and died on May 31st 2011 in Poughkeepsie, New York) was a Lithuanian filmmaker, writer, director, editor, actor, educator and mentor. Adolfas Mekas collaborated with his brother Jonas Mekas to establish the seminal magazine Film Culture, and the Film-Maker’s Cooperative. He was associated with George Maciunas as well as the Fluxus art movement. His short films incorporate a comic and anarchic spirit, highlighted in his feature ‘Hallelujah the Hills’ (1963), which was featured at the Cannes Film Festival and is now classified as an American classic. Adolfas Mekas played a key role in the experimental film society, the ‘New American Cinema’ in the 1960s.
Filmography
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
movie3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
2019
movieSleepless Nights Stories
2011 · Self
movie365 Day Project
2007 · Self
movieCertain Women
2004 · Hilda's Papa
movieAs I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 · Self
movieBirth of a Nation
1997 · Self
movieThe Genius
1993 · Dr. Corbin
movieHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieLost, Lost, Lost
1976 · Self
movieGoing Home
1972 · Himself, Director, Editor
movieReminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
1972 · Self
movieThe Orchid
1971 · Production Coordinator
movieA Weekend with Strangers
1971 · Editor
movieJourney to Lithuania
1971 · Himself
movieCompañeras and Compañeros
1970 · Director, Editor
movieTime & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
1969
movieDiaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Self
movieWindflowers
1968 · Card Player, Director, Writer, Editor, Music
movieA Matter of Baobab
1968
movieUnderground New York
1968 · Self
movieAn Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1967 · , Director, Editor
The Love Merchant
movieThe Love Merchant
1966 · Editor
movieThe Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1965 · Screenplay, Director, Editor
movieSkyscraper
1965 · Director
movieGoldstein
1965 · Editor
movieThe Brig
1964 · Editor
movieHallelujah the Hills
1963 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieGuns of the Trees
1961 · Gregory
Antifilm #2
movieAntifilm #2
1951 · Director
Heretic
movieHeretic
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