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Jonas Mekas

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Born: December 24, 1922 in Semeniškiai, Lithuania

Biography

Jonas Mekas (12-24-1922 - 1-23-2019) was born in the farming village of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. In 1944, he and his brother Adolfas were taken by the Nazis to a forced labor camp in Elmshorn, Germany. After the War he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz. At the end of 1949 the UN Refugee Organization brought both brothers to New York City, where they settled down in Williamsburg, Brookly...

Filmography156 TITLES
365 Day Project
10.0
365 Day Project2007
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
5.6
Notes on an American Film Director at Work2008
The Velvet Underground
6.8
The Velvet Underground2021
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
7.3
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol1990
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River of Fundament
5.9
River of Fundament2014
What Is Cinema?
6.5
What Is Cinema?2013
Cinématon
4.3
Cinématon1978
Jonas in the Desert
5.5
Jonas in the Desert1994
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
6.9
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV2023
ORG
4.5
ORG1979
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
7.2
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches1968
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
7.8
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory2022
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
7.6
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty2000
Excavating Taylor Mead
Excavating Taylor Mead2005
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
6.5
3.11 A Sense of Home Films2011
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
8.0
Andy Warhol Screen Tests1965
Strong Medicine
5.6
Strong Medicine1981
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
6.6
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis2007
Guest
6.0
Guest2011
Imagine
7.0
Imagine1972
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
7.2
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film2019
EXPRMNTL
EXPRMNTL2016
Fragments of Paradise
6.5
Fragments of Paradise2022
Notes on Marie Menken
5.4
Notes on Marie Menken2006
Notes for Jerome
Notes for Jerome1978
Empire
4.2
Empire1965
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
8.0
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance2017
Nico Icon
7.5
Nico Icon1995
Jonas
Jonas1968
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
7.0
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus2018
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
7.9
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen1974
The Definition of Insanity
10.0
The Definition of Insanity2005
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
8.2
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life1986
Nitsch
Nitsch2018
Filmmakers
Filmmakers1969
Lost, Lost, Lost
7.0
Lost, Lost, Lost1976
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground2018
Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
2.9
Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory2008
Who Gets to Call It Art?
6.7
Who Gets to Call It Art?2006
Dirt
8.0
Dirt1965
Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol
Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol2005
Invocation: Maya Deren
5.0
Invocation: Maya Deren1986
Salvador Dalí at Work
5.0
Salvador Dalí at Work2006
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
5.0
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol2015
Underground New York
Underground New York1968
Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October
Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October1996
Filmstudio, mon amour
10.0
Filmstudio, mon amour2015
It Came from Kuchar
7.0
It Came from Kuchar2009
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
7.4
In the Mirror of Maya Deren2002
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
7.0
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania1972
The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'
The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'2009
The Sin of Jesus
4.8
The Sin of Jesus1961
Notes in Lifestyle Margins
Notes in Lifestyle Margins2002
Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet
Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet2015
Vertigo
Vertigo2022
Just Visiting This Planet
3.0
Just Visiting This Planet1991
Beyond the Bolex
7.0
Beyond the Bolex2018
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank1986
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
Doc
Doc2008
Galaxie
Galaxie1966
Maya Deren, Take Zero
5.0
Maya Deren, Take Zero2012
Award
Award1992
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
6.8
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film2011
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
6.1
Tiny Tim: King for a Day2020
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Meet The Kuchar Brothers2006
Back from New York
Back from New York2021
Makeshift (for Mekas)
6.0
Makeshift (for Mekas)2019
Tuesday Jan. 9, 2007
Tuesday Jan. 9, 20072007
Diane the Zebra Woman
9.0
Diane the Zebra Woman1962
Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties1989
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus2011
Visionaries
6.0
Visionaries2010
No. 18: Mahagonny
5.5
No. 18: Mahagonny1980
Poem Posters
Poem Posters1967
The Invisible Father
The Invisible Father2021
Home Movies 1971-81
Home Movies 1971-811985
The Love Merchant
4.4
The Love Merchant1966
New York Conversations
New York Conversations2010
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
6.0
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man1981
Lavender
Lavender2010
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages2022
A Letter from Greenpoint
A Letter from Greenpoint2004
Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 1
Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 12019
A Letter to Penny Arcade
6.0
A Letter to Penny Arcade2001
J. Mekas
J. Mekas1980
Persistence of Vision
Persistence of Vision1984
On the Holy Spirit
On the Holy Spirit2016
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
5.2
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit1997
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
6.5
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man2012
Postcard from America
5.0
Postcard from America1975
Question a Day
Question a Day2008
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas2016
Últimas correspondencias
Últimas correspondencias2016
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
7.0
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol1964
I Had Nowhere to Go
I Had Nowhere to Go2016
Cinema and Sanctuary
Cinema and Sanctuary2019
Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971
Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 19711971
Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas
Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas1991
Anger Me
8.8
Anger Me2006
Four Shadows
7.0
Four Shadows1978
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
7.0
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin2011
Song of Avignon
7.4
Song of Avignon1998
Step Across the Border
7.9
Step Across the Border1990
Axiom of Choice
Axiom of Choice2003
Shooting Guns
Shooting Guns1966
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master2006
My Conversations on Film
3.2
My Conversations on Film2013
A Poet from the Lower East Side
A Poet from the Lower East Side1997
The Song of Central Park
The Song of Central Park2006
Tapes
Tapes2020
Elegy for J.M.
Elegy for J.M.2019
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days
6.5
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days2009
The Signing
The Signing2009
Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo
Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo1970
Going Home
5.4
Going Home1972
Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)
5.8
Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)1992
Jonas in the Brig
Jonas in the Brig1965
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”1973
Journey to Lithuania
7.0
Journey to Lithuania1971
Michael Snow Up Close
6.0
Michael Snow Up Close1996
Jonas in the Jungle
Jonas in the Jungle2013
Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97
Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/971998
All About Bolex
All About Bolex2015
Requiem for a Manual Typewriter
Requiem for a Manual Typewriter2000
Quartet Number One
7.5
Quartet Number One1991
A Mixtape for Stom
A Mixtape for Stom2025
Jonas Mekas in Budapest
Jonas Mekas in Budapest1993
My Mars Bar Movie
My Mars Bar Movie2011
Not in Our Name
Not in Our Name2003
The Lamb
The Lamb
Notes for a Déjà vu
Notes for a Déjà vu2022
Jonas Towards Broadway
Jonas Towards Broadway2019
Jonas Mekas Anthology
Jonas Mekas Anthology2022
Reminiscences from Germany
Reminiscences from Germany2012
A Report from Venice
A Report from Venice2015
Self Discovery for Social Survival
5.4
Self Discovery for Social Survival2019
A Matter of Baobab
A Matter of Baobab1968
Belladonna
Belladonna1989
The Song of Avila
6.4
The Song of Avila1967
Letter to John from Jonas
Letter to John from Jonas1999
My Birthday
6.0
My Birthday2014
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait1980
My Country is Cinema
My Country is Cinema1998
Laboratorium Anthology
Laboratorium Anthology1999
Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party
Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party2019
Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas
Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas1966
Paradise Not Yet Lost
Paradise Not Yet Lost1979
Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old
Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old1996
Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas
Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas
Sunday December 30, 2007
Sunday December 30, 20072007
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)2019
Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas
Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas2019
Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas
Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas2010
Viva Jonas!
Viva Jonas!
Jonas Keeps Shooting Around
5.0
Jonas Keeps Shooting Around2002