Biography
Marie Menken was born Marie Menkevicius in New York City on May 25, 1909, the daughter of Catholic Lithuanian immigrants. She grew up in Brooklyn with a brother and a sister, in a home used to frequent financial difficulties. Both she and her sister Adele later changed their surname to Menken. Marie Menken and Willard Maas had got married in 1937, moving into a Brooklyn penthouse at 62 Montague Street which they would inhabit until their deaths. She died on December 29, 1970. Four days after her death, on January 2, 1971, Willard Maas died.
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Filmography
all 31
Movies 31
Director 19
self 3
Herself (archive footage)
Notes on Marie Menken (2006)
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Director
Excursion (1968)
Movie
Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968)
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1
Director
Watts with Eggs (1967)
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Director
Moonplay (1967)
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Camera Operator
In Search of the Miraculous (1967)
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Mother
Chelsea Girls (1966)
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Director
Sidewalks (1966)
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Director
Lights (1966)
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Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965)
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Director
Andy Warhol (1965)
Movie
Juanita Castro
The Life of Juanita Castro (1965)
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Actress
Prison (1965)
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Bitch (1965)
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Director
Mood Mondrian (1965)
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Director
Wrestling (1964)
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Cinematographer
Dionysus (1964)
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Director
Go! Go! Go! (1964)
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Director
Notebook (1961)
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Director
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger (1961)
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6
Director
Bagatelle for Willard Maas (1961)
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Director
Eye Music in Red Major (1961)
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Director
Drips in Strips (1961)
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Director
Dwightiana (1959)
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Sibyl
Narcissus (1958)
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Director
The Gravediggers from Guadix (1958)
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Hurry, Hurry! (1957)
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Director
Glimpse of the Garden (1957)
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Mother
Image in the Snow (1952)
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Visual Variations on Noguchi (1945)
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Body
The Geography of the Body (1943)
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Ratings
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1909-05-25
Deathday1970-12-29 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMarie Maas
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