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person_profile-Adolfas Mekas

Adolfas Mekas Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Adolfas Mekas

Date of Birth:

Sep 30, 1925

Country of birth:

Lithuania

Died:

May 31, 2011

Biography of

Adolfas Mekas

    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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Adolfas Mekas

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Filmography of

Adolfas Mekas

Found 14 Movies in total

... 2013

... 2011

... 2007

Certain Women

Hilda's Papa ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2000

Birth of a Nation

Self ( Actor )

... 1997

The Genius

Dr. Corbin ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1986

Lost, Lost, Lost

Self ( Actor )

... 1976

Going Home

Himself ( Actor )

Editor

... 1972

... 1972

Journey to Lithuania

Himself ( Actor )

... 1971

Underground New York

Himself ( Actor )

... 1968

Guns of the Trees

Gregory ( Actor )

... 1961