Biography
Jonas Mekas was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals worldwide. Mekas was active in New York City, where he co-founded Anthology Film Archives, The Film-Makers' Cooperative, and the journal Film Culture. He was also the first film critic for The Village Voice.
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Awards & recognition
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 2013
- honorary citizen of Biržai District Municipality · 2011
- Austrian Decoration — Science and Art · 2008
- Doctor Honoris Causa at the Vytautas Magnus University · 1997
- Lithuanian National Prize · 1996
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- Guggenheim Fellowship · 1977
- Order — Merits to Lithuania
Filmography19 titles
The Definition of Insanity
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
9/11: Life Under Attack
Guns of the Trees
Diaries Notes and Sketches
Lost, Lost, Lost
Beyond the Bolex
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
Imagine
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
The Velvet Underground
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Fragments of Paradise
What Is Cinema?
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Self Discovery for Social Survival
Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
The Invisible Father
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground