Adolfas Mekas

Adolfas Mekas

Acting
Born 1925-09-30 Died 2011-05-31 Semeniškiai, Lithuania 32 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Acting 18 credits
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 · ★ 7.8 · Self
Going Home
Going Home
1972 · Director, Himself, Editor
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Self
365 Day Project
365 Day Project
2007 · Self
Windflowers
Windflowers
1968 · Director, Writer, Card Player
The Orchid
The Orchid
1971 · Production Coordinator
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Self
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011 · Himself (archive footage)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Self (archive footage)
Up Your Legs Forever
Up Your Legs Forever
1971 · Self - Legs
Lost, Lost, Lost
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976 · Self
Journey to Lithuania
Journey to Lithuania
1971 · Himself
Guns of the Trees
Guns of the Trees
1961 · Gregory
Sleepless Nights Stories
Sleepless Nights Stories
2011 · Self
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
1972 · Self
The Genius
The Genius
1993 · Dr. Corbin
Underground New York
Underground New York
1968 · Self
Certain Women
Certain Women
2004 · Hilda's Papa
Other credits 14 credits
Going Home
Going Home
1972 · Director, Himself, Editor
The Brig
The Brig
1964 · Editor
Compañeras and Compañeros
Compañeras and Compañeros
1970 · Director, Editor
Windflowers
Windflowers
1968 · Director, Writer, Card Player
Heretic
Heretic
 Hallelujah the Hills
Hallelujah the Hills
1963 · Director, Writer, Editor
Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
1969
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
2019
The Love Merchant
The Love Merchant
1966 · Editor
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1965 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Goldstein
Goldstein
1965 · Editor
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1967 · Director, Editor
A Matter of Baobab
A Matter of Baobab
1968
A Weekend with Strangers
A Weekend with Strangers
1971 · Editor
Directing 8 credits
Going Home
Going Home
1972 · Director, Himself, Editor
Compañeras and Compañeros
Compañeras and Compañeros
1970 · Director, Editor
Windflowers
Windflowers
1968 · Director, Writer, Card Player
Skyscraper
Skyscraper
1965 · Director
Hallelujah the Hills
Hallelujah the Hills
1963 · Director, Writer, Editor
Antifilm #2
Antifilm #2
1951 · Director
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1965 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1967 · Director, Editor
Writing 3 credits
Windflowers
Windflowers
1968 · Director, Writer, Card Player
Hallelujah the Hills
Hallelujah the Hills
1963 · Director, Writer, Editor
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1965 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
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