Jonas Mekas
Directing
Born December 24, 1922 · Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Biography
Jonas Mekas (24-12-1922 - 23-1-2019) 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, Brooklyn. Two months after his arrival in New York he borrowed money to buy his first Bolex camera and began to record brief moments of his life. He soon got deeply involved in the American Avant-Garde film…
Known For · 40 titles
Kulturplatz
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
A Poet from the Lower East Side
Jonas Keeps Shooting Around
My Conversations on Film
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
ORG
No. 18: Mahagonny
The Velvet Underground
River of Fundament
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
The Sin of Jesus
Guest
Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 1
9/11: Life Under Attack
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Empire
Imagine
Filmstudio, mon amour
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
J. Mekas
Cinématon
Just Visiting This Planet
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Doc
Fragments of Paradise
Últimas correspondencias
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Nitsch
Diane the Zebra Woman
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
365 Day Project
Going Home
Song of Avignon
Jonas Towards Broadway
Tapes
Shooting Guns
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
It Came from Kuchar