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Jonas Mekas

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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…

Filmography165 films
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  1. A Mixtape for Stom2025
  2. Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV2023
  3. Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages2022
  4. Jonas Mekas Anthology2022
  5. Fragments of Paradise2022
  6. Film: The Living Record of Our Memory2022
  7. Vertigo2022
  8. Notes for a Déjà vu2022
  9. Back from New York2021
  10. The Velvet Underground2021
  11. 9/11: Life Under Attack2021
  12. The Invisible Father2021
  13. Tapes2020
  14. Tiny Tim: King for a Day2020
  15. Elegy for J.M.2019
  16. Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party2019
  17. Cinema and Sanctuary2019
  18. Self Discovery for Social Survival2019
  19. Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film2019
  20. Makeshift (for Mekas)2019
  21. Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 12019
  22. Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas2019
  23. 3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)2019
  24. Jonas Towards Broadway2019
  25. Beyond the Bolex2018
  26. Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground2018
  27. George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus2018
  28. Nitsch2018
  29. I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance2017
  30. On the Holy Spirit2016
  31. EXPRMNTL2016
  32. I Had Nowhere to Go2016
  33. Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas2016
  34. Últimas correspondencias2016
  35. Filmstudio, mon amour2015
  36. A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol2015
  37. Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet2015
  38. A Report from Venice2015
  39. All About Bolex2015
  40. My Birthday2014
  41. River of Fundament2014
  42. My Conversations on Film2013
  43. Jonas in the Jungle2013
  44. What Is Cinema?2013
  45. Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man2012
  46. Maya Deren, Take Zero2012
  47. Reminiscences from Germany2012
  48. My Mars Bar Movie2011
  49. 3.11 A Sense of Home Films2011
  50. Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film2011
  51. Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin2011
  52. Guest2011
  53. Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman2011
  54. Re: Maciunas and Fluxus2011
  55. Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas2010
  56. New York Conversations2010
  57. Lavender2010
  58. Visionaries2010
  59. Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days2009
  60. It Came from Kuchar2009
  61. The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'2009
  62. The Signing2009
  63. Doc2008
  64. Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory2008
  65. Notes on an American Film Director at Work2008
  66. Question a Day2008
  67. 365 Day Project2007
  68. Sunday December 30, 20072007
  69. Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis2007
  70. Tuesday Jan. 9, 20072007
  71. The Song of Central Park2006
  72. End of the Millennium Espresso2006
  73. Graffiti Museum Bronx, NYC2006
  74. Imperfect Film2006
  75. Jonas' Independence Speech at the Anniversary of the Filmmaker's Cooperative2006
  76. Kreutzer Sonata2006
  77. Salvador Dalí at Work2006
  78. Taping for As I was Moving Ahead…2006
  79. Anger Me2006
  80. Notes on Marie Menken2006
  81. Who Gets to Call It Art?2006
  82. Meet The Kuchar Brothers2006
  83. Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master2006
  84. The Definition of Insanity2005
  85. Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol2005
  86. Excavating Taylor Mead2005
  87. A Letter from Greenpoint2004
  88. Not in Our Name2003
  89. Axiom of Choice2003
  90. Jonas Keeps Shooting Around2002
  91. In the Mirror of Maya Deren2002
  92. Notes in Lifestyle Margins2002
  93. A Letter to Penny Arcade2001
  94. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty2000
  95. Requiem for a Manual Typewriter2000
  96. Letter to John from Jonas1999
  97. Laboratorium Anthology1999
  98. Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/971998
  99. Song of Avignon1998
  100. My Country is Cinema1998
  101. Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit1997
  102. A Poet from the Lower East Side1997
  103. Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October1996
  104. Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old1996
  105. Michael Snow Up Close1996
  106. Nico Icon1995
  107. Jonas in the Desert1994
  108. Jonas Mekas in Budapest1993
  109. The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus1993
  110. Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)1992
  111. Award1992
  112. Just Visiting This Planet1991
  113. Quartet Number One1991
  114. Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas1991
  115. Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol1990
  116. Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections1990
  117. Step Across the Border1990
  118. Belladonna1989
  119. Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties1989
  120. Invocation: Maya Deren1986
  121. He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life1986
  122. Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank1986
  123. Home Movies 1971-811985
  124. Persistence of Vision1984
  125. Strong Medicine1981
  126. The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man1981
  127. No. 18: Mahagonny1980
  128. Self-Portrait1980
  129. J. Mekas1980
  130. ORG1979
  131. Paradise Not Yet Lost1979
  132. Cinématon1978
  133. Four Shadows1978
  134. Notes for Jerome1978
  135. Lost, Lost, Lost1976
  136. Postcard from America1975
  137. ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen1974
  138. Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”1973
  139. Imagine1972
  140. Going Home1972
  141. Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania1972
  142. Up Your Legs Forever1971
  143. Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 19711971
  144. Journey to Lithuania1971
  145. Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo1970
  146. Filmmakers1969
  147. Diaries, Notes, and Sketches1968
  148. A Matter of Baobab1968
  149. Jonas1968
  150. Underground New York1968
  151. The Song of Avila1967
  152. Poem Posters1967
  153. Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas1966
  154. Galaxie1966
  155. Shooting Guns1966
  156. The Love Merchant1966
  157. Andy Warhol Screen Tests1965
  158. Dirt1965
  159. Jonas in the Brig1965
  160. Empire1965
  161. Award Presentation to Andy Warhol1964
  162. Diane the Zebra Woman1962
  163. The Sin of Jesus1961
  164. Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas MekasTBA
  165. Viva Jonas!TBA
  1. A Mixtape for Stom2025
  2. Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV2023
  3. Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages2022