Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik

Directing
Born 1932-07-20 Died 2006-01-29 Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul] 80 credits Will Grohmann Award 1 Order of Cultural Merit, 1st class 1 Order of Cultural Merit 1 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Award 1

Awards

Won 1 Will Grohmann Award Award

Will Grohmann Award 1 won

  • — Will Grohmann Award Won

Order of Cultural Merit, 1st class 1 won

  • 2007 Order of Cultural Merit, 1st class Won

Order of Cultural Merit 1 won

  • 2007 Order of Cultural Merit Won

Wilhelm Lehmbruck Award 1 won

  • 2001 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Award Won

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Nam June Paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He coined the phrase "Information Superhighway" in 1974, and has been called the "father of video art."
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Filmography — top 60 of 80
Directing 33 credits
Videotape Study No. 3
Videotape Study No. 3
1967 · Director
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel
1993 · Creator, Director, Art Direction
TV Buddha
TV Buddha
1974 · Director
Electronic Fables
Electronic Fables
1965 · Director
Electronic Yoga
Electronic Yoga
1972 · Director
TV Garden
TV Garden
1974 · Director
Analogue Assemblage
Analogue Assemblage
2000 · Director
Magnet TV
Magnet TV
1965 · Director
Deoksu Palace
Deoksu Palace
1992 · Director
Butterfly
Butterfly
1986 · Director
Button Happening
Button Happening
1965 · Director
Electronic Moon No. 2
Electronic Moon No. 2
1966 · Director
Zen for Film
Zen for Film
1964 · Director
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984 · Director, Writer, Editor
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982 · Director
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010 · Director
Global Groove
Global Groove
1973 · Director
The Medium Is the Medium
The Medium Is the Medium
1969 · Director
Waiting for Commercials
Waiting for Commercials
1966 · Director
All Star Video
All Star Video
1985 · Director, Self
Wrap around the World
Wrap around the World
1988 · Director
Missa of Zen
Missa of Zen
1967 · Director
Early Color TV Manipulations
Early Color TV Manipulations
1968 · Director
Living with the Living Theatre
Living with the Living Theatre
1989 · Director
Lake Placid '80
Lake Placid '80
1980 · Director
Beuys
Beuys
1990 · Director
Merce by Merce by Paik
Merce by Merce by Paik
1978 · Director
Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
1978 · Director
A Tribute to John Cage
A Tribute to John Cage
1976 · Director
9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
1969 · Director
Bye Bye Kipling
Bye Bye Kipling
1986 · Director, Self
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995 · Director
Beatles Electroniques
Beatles Electroniques
1969 · Director
Acting 18 credits
Flux-Concert
Flux-Concert
1979 · Self
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Seminar
Seminar
1969 · Self
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023 · 68% · Self (archive footage)
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
365 Day Project
365 Day Project
2007 · Self
Back to Fucking Cambridge
Back to Fucking Cambridge
1987 · Anton von Webern
Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing
1998 · Self
All Star Video
All Star Video
1985 · Director, Self
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974 · Tom
Persistence of Vision
Persistence of Vision
1984 · Self
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
2006 · Self (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)
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011 · Himself (archive footage)
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
2003 · Self
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
1975 · Self
Bye Bye Kipling
Bye Bye Kipling
1986 · Director, Self
Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik
1962 · Self
Other credits 13 credits
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel
1993 · Creator, Director, Art Direction
Tapes
Tapes
2020
Video: The New Wave
Video: The New Wave
1975
Adelic Penguins
Adelic Penguins
1986 · Art Direction
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984 · Director, Writer, Editor
Home Movies 1971-81
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Trip to Korea
Trip to Korea
1984
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011
26'1.1499" For A String Player
26'1.1499" For A String Player
1973
P+A-I(k)
P+A-I(k)
1966
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
Kunst und Ketchup
Kunst und Ketchup
1966
Writing 2 credits
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel
1993 · Creator, Director, Art Direction
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984 · Director, Writer, Editor
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