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Jonas Mekas
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Life & Death

Died aged 96
GenderMaleNationalityLithuaniaBorn24/12/1922Born inSemeniškiai, LithuaniaDied23/01/2019 (aged 96)Died inBrooklynWikidataQ699702 ↗TMDb#1092208 ↗

Jonas Mekas was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals worldwide. Mekas was active in New York City, where he co-founded Anthology Film Archives, The Film-Makers' Cooperative, and the journal Film Culture. He was also the first film critic for The Village Voice.

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Filmography89 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVMovieSelf (archive footage)101
2022Film: The Living Record of Our MemoryMovieSelf100
2022Fragments of ParadiseMovieSelf (archive footage)100
2022Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the AgesMovie—100
2022VertigoMovie—100
2021The Velvet UndergroundMovieSelf99
2021The Invisible FatherMovieSelf (archive footage)99
20219/11: Life Under AttackMovieSelf99
2020TapesMovie—98
2020Tiny Tim: King for a DayMovieHimself98
20193 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)Movie—97
2019Self Discovery for Social SurvivalMovieNarrator (voice)97
2018Beyond the BolexMovieSelf96
2018Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY UndergroundMovie—96
2018George: The Story of George Maciunas and FluxusMovieSelf96
2018NitschMovie—96
2017I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that FragranceMovieSelf95
2016On the Holy SpiritMovie—94
2016EXPRMNTLMoviehimself94
2016Reminiscences of Jonas MekasMovieSelf94
2015Filmstudio, mon amourMovieSé stesso93
2014River of FundamentMovieWake Guest92
2013What Is Cinema?MovieSelf91
2012Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy ManMovieJonas Mekas90
2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmMovieHimself89
2011Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful WomanMovie—89
2011Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. GuerinMovieHimself89
2011GuestMovieSelf89
2011My Paris MovieMovie—89
2011Re: Maciunas and FluxusMovie—89
20113.11 A Sense of Home FilmsMovieHimself (voice) (segment "Mt. Ventoux")89
2010LavenderMovieSelf88
2009It Came from KucharMovieSelf (archive footage)87
2009The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'MovieSelf87
2008Notes on an American Film Director at WorkMovieSelf86
2008Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver FactoryMovie—86
2007365 Day ProjectMovieSelf85
2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisMovieSelf85
2006Notes on Marie MenkenMovieSelf84
2006Anger MeMovieHimself84
2006Salvador Dalí at WorkMovieSelf84
2005Excavating Taylor MeadMovieSelf83
2004A Letter from GreenpointMovieMekas82
2003Axiom of ChoiceMovieSelf81
2002In the Mirror of Maya DerenMovieHimself80
2002Notes in Lifestyle MarginsMovie—80
2000As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautyMovieNarrator (voice)78
1999Laboratorium AnthologyMovieHimself77
1998Song of AvignonMovieSelf76
1997Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a SpiritMovieSelf75
1996Michael Snow Up CloseMovieHimself74
1995Nico IconMovieSelf73
1994Jonas in the DesertMovieSelf72
1993The Misfits - 30 Years of FluxusMovieSelf71
1992Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)Movie—70
1991Quartet Number OneMovie—69
1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholMovieSelf68
1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & IntersectionsMovieSelf68
1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeMovieSelf (archive footage)64
1985Home Movies 1971-81Movie—63
1984Persistence of VisionMovieSelf62
1981Strong MedicineMovie—59
1980No. 18: MahagonnyMovieSelf58
1979Paradise Not Yet LostMovieHimself57
1978CinématonMovieN°159056
1978Notes for JeromeMovieSelf56
1978Four ShadowsMovie—56
1976Lost, Lost, LostMovieSelf54
1974‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma SchoenMovie—52
1973Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”Movie—51
1972ImagineMovieSelf50
1972Reminiscences of a Journey to LithuaniaMovieSelf50
1972Going HomeMovieHimself50
1971Up Your Legs ForeverMovieSelf - Legs49
1971Journey to LithuaniaMovieHimself49
1971Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971MovieSelf49
1969FilmmakersMovieHimself47
1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesMovieSelf46
1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesMovieself46
1968A Matter of BaobabMovie—46
1968Underground New YorkMovieSelf46
1967Poem PostersMovieSelf45
1966GalaxieMovieSelf44
1965Andy Warhol Screen TestsMovieSelf43
1965DirtMovie—43
1965EmpireMovieSelf (uncredited)43
1964Award Presentation to Andy WarholMovieSelf42
1962Diane the Zebra WomanMovie—40
1961The Sin of JesusMovie—39