Adolfas Mekas

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Adolfas Mekas

Acting September 30, 1925

Semeniškiai, Lithuania

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, act…

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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

7.8 2000 Movie
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

6.9 1972 Movie
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

7.3 1968 Movie
Lost, Lost, Lost

Lost, Lost, Lost

7.1 1976 Movie
Guns of the Trees

Guns of the Trees

7.3 1961 Movie
The Brig

The Brig

6.8 1964 Movie
Hallelujah the Hills

Hallelujah the Hills

6.2 1963 Movie
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

8.4 1986 Movie
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

6.8 2011 Movie
Going Home

Going Home

5.8 1972 Movie
Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

7.0 1997 Movie
365 Day Project

365 Day Project

10.0 2007 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

    Movie

  2. 2011
    Sleepless Nights Stories

    Movie Self

  3. 2011
    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Movie Himself (archive footage)

  4. 2007
    365 Day Project

    Movie Self

  5. 2004
    Certain Women

    Movie Hilda's Papa

  6. 2000
    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    Movie Self

  7. 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Movie Self

  8. 1993
    The Genius

    Movie Dr. Corbin

  9. 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 1976
    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Movie Self

  11. 1972
    Going Home

    Movie Himself

  12. 1972
    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    Movie Self

  13. 1971
    The Orchid

    Movie Production Coordinator

  14. 1971
    Up Your Legs Forever

    Movie Self - Legs

  15. 1971
    A Weekend with Strangers

    Movie Editor

  16. 1971
    Journey to Lithuania

    Movie Himself

More credits
  1. 1970
    Compañeras and Compañeros

    Movie Director

  2. 1969
    Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

    Movie

  3. 1968
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Movie Self

  4. 1968
    Windflowers

    Movie Card Player

  5. 1968
    A Matter of Baobab

    Movie

  6. 1968
    Underground New York

    Movie Self

  7. 1967
    An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

    Movie

  8. 1966
    The Love Merchant

    Movie Editor

  9. 1965
    The Double-Barrelled Detective Story

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1965
    Skyscraper

    Movie Director

  11. 1965
    Goldstein

    Movie Editor

  12. 1964
    The Brig

    Movie Editor

  13. 1963
    Hallelujah the Hills

    Movie Director

  14. 1961
    Guns of the Trees

    Movie Gregory

  15. 1951
    Antifilm #2

    Movie Director

  16. —
    Heretic

    Movie