Biography
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
all 28
Movies 28
self 11
Director 8
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert) (2019)
Movie
Self
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man (2012)
Movie
Self
Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
Movie
Self
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
Movie
6
Self
Birth of a Nation (1997)
Movie
Dr. Emmanuel Corbin
The Genius (1993)
Movie
Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
Movie
Self
Lost, Lost, Lost (1976)
Movie
Director
Going Home (1972)
Movie
Self
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Movie
Self - Legs
Up Your Legs Forever (1971)
Movie
Editor
A Weekend with Strangers (1971)
Movie
Himself
Journey to Lithuania (1971)
Movie
Director
Compañeras and Compañeros (1970)
Movie
A Matter of Baobab (1970)
Movie
Actor
Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel (1969)
Movie
Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968)
Movie
1
Director
Windflowers (1968)
Movie
Himself
Underground New York (1968)
Movie
Director / Editor
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland (1967)
Movie
Editor
The Love Merchant (1966)
Movie
Director
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)
Movie
Director
Skyscraper (1965)
Movie
Editor
Goldstein (1965)
Movie
Editor
The Brig (1964)
Movie
Director
Hallelujah the Hills (1963)
Movie
Gregory
Guns of the Trees (1961)
Movie
Director
Antifilm #2 (1951)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1925-09-30
Deathday2011-05-31 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceBiržai District Municipality, Lithuania
SiblingsJonas Mekas
CitizenshipsLithuania, United States of America
Also Known AsGeorge Binkey
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