Adolfas Mekas
Born: 1925-09-30 in Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Died: 2011-05-31
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2011
- Sleepless Nights Stories as Self
2007
- 365 Day Project as Self
2004
- Certain Women as Hilda's Papa
1997
- Birth of a Nation as Self
1993
- The Genius as Dr. Corbin
1986
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life as Self (archive footage)
1976
- Lost, Lost, Lost as Self
1972
- Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania as Self
- Going Home as Himself
1971
- Journey to Lithuania as Himself
- A Weekend with Strangers ... (Editor)
- The Orchid ... (Production Coordinator)
1970
- Compañeras and Compañeros ... (Director)
1968
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self
- Underground New York as Self
- Windflowers as Card Player
- A Matter of Baobab
1966
- The Love Merchant ... (Editor)
1965
- The Double-Barrelled Detective Story ... (Screenplay)
- Goldstein ... (Editor)
- Skyscraper ... (Director)
1964
- The Brig ... (Editor)
1963
- Hallelujah the Hills ... (Director)
1961
- Guns of the Trees as Gregory
1951
- Antifilm #2 ... (Director)