Jonas Mekas
- Birthday
- Dec 24, 1922
Bio: Film theoretician, avant-garde filmmaker, and staunch supporter of alternative cinema, Jonas Mekas' best-known film remains The Brig (1964). Mekas was born in Semeniskiai, Lithuania. He spent time in a concentration camp during WWII. After the war, he wandered about Europe until 1950, when he moved to the U.S. In addition to making his own films, Mekas has worked… More Bio: Film theoretician, avant-garde filmmaker, and staunch supporter of alternative cinema, Jonas Mekas' best-known film remains The Brig (1964). Mekas was born in Semeniskiai, Lithuania. He spent time in a concentration camp during WWII. After the war, he wandered about Europe until 1950, when he moved to the U.S. In addition to making his own films, Mekas has worked as a film critic for The Village Voice, been an editor of Film Culture, and organized the Film Makers Cooperative. His brother, Adolfas, is also an avant-garde filmmaker. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Jonas Mekas Videos
Jack Smith And The Destruction Of Atlantis
Who Gets To Call It Art?
Filmography
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My Mars Bar Movie (2012)
- Director
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Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
- Director, Actor
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Visionaries (2010)
- Actor
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Reminiscences of a journey to Lithuania (2009)
- Director
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Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR (2009)
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