- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 20, 1932
- Place of Birth
- Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
- Died
- January 29, 2006
Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He coined the phrase "Information Superhighway" in 1974, and has been called the "father of video art."
Filmography
movieNam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieTapes
2020
movieKill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
movieGeorge: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieRe: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011
movieFluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010 · Director
movieJoseph Beuys - Coyote III
2008 · Himself
movie365 Day Project
2007 · Self
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
movieNam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Winter in Miami 2005
movieWinter in Miami 2005
2006 · Self
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
movieNam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
2003 · Self
movieAs I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 · Self
movieAnalogue Assemblage
2000 · Director
April is the Cruelest Month
movieApril is the Cruelest Month
1999 · Self
Sexual Healing
movieSexual Healing
1998 · Self
movie"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995 · , Director
movieThe Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
1994 · Self
movieSistine Chapel
1993 · Director, Creator, Art Direction, Editor
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
movieThe Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
1993 · Self
Deoksu Palace
movieDeoksu Palace
1992 · Director
movieMoon is the Oldest TV
1992 · Director
movieVideo Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
1992 · Director
movieBeuys
1990 · Director
movieLiving with the Living Theatre
1989 · Director
movieOne Candle, One Projection
1988 · Director
movieWrap around the World
1988 · Director
movieBack to Fucking Cambridge
1987 · Anton von Webern
movieBye Bye Kipling
1986 · Self, Director
movieAdelic Penguins
1986 · Art Direction
movieHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieButterfly
1986 · Director
movieAll Star Video
1985 · Self, Director
movieHome Movies 1971-81
1985
Trip to Korea
movieTrip to Korea
1984
moviePersistence of Vision
1984 · Self
movieGood Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieBonjour Nam June Paik I
1982
movieAllan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982 · Director
movieLake Placid '80
1980 · Director
movieFlux-Concert
1979 · Self
movieMedia Shuttle: New York - Moscow
1978 · Director
movieMerce by Merce by Paik
1978 · Director
Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel
movieMerce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel
1978 · Director
Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
movieNam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
1977 · Self
movieGuadalcanal Requiem
1977 · Director
movieA Tribute to John Cage
1976 · , Director
movieVideo: The New Wave
1975
movieNam June Paik: Edited for Television
1975 · Self
movieSuite 212
1974 · Director
movie‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974 · Tom
movieTV Buddha
1974 · Director
movieTV Garden
1974 · Director
movie26'1.1499" For A String Player
1973
movieGlobal Groove
1973 · Director
Electronic Yoga
movieElectronic Yoga
1972 · Director
movieCinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
1972 · Director
movieTV Cello Premiere
1971 · Director
movieElectronic Opera no. 1
1969 · Director
movieThe Medium Is the Medium
1969 · Director
Seminar
movieSeminar
1969 · Self
movieBeatles Electroniques
1969 · Director
movie9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
1969 · Director
movieEarly Color TV Manipulations
1968 · Director
Videotape Study No. 3
movieVideotape Study No. 3
1967 · Director
movieMissa of Zen
1967 · Director
movieDigital Experiment at Bell Labs
1967 · Director
movieWaiting for Commercials
1966 · Director
movieElectronic Moon No. 2
1966 · Director
Kunst und Ketchup
movieKunst und Ketchup
1966
movieP+A-I(k)
1966
Electronic Fables
movieElectronic Fables
1965 · Director
movieMagnet TV
1965 · Director
movieButton Happening
1965 · Director
movieZen for Film
1964 · Director
movieHi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
movieStockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
movieNam June Paik
1962 · Self
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
movieThirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
— · Nam June Paik
Processing the Signal
movieProcessing the Signal
— · Himself