Adolfas Mekas
Lithuanian film director (1925-2011) · Lithuania · On the map · Directors · Died at 85
Adolfas Mekas was a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, director, editor, actor and educator. With his brother Jonas Mekas, he founded the magazine Film Culture, as well as the Film-Makers' Cooperative and was associated with George Maciunas and the Fluxus art movement at its beginning.
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Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmFilm, 2011Himself (archive footage)2004
Certain WomenFilm, Hilda's Papa2000
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautyFilm1993
The GeniusFilm, Dr. Corbin1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeFilm1976
Lost, Lost, LostFilm1971
Journey to LithuaniaFilm, Himself1970
Compañeras and CompañerosFilm, Director1969
Time & Fortune Vietnam NewsreelFilm1967
An Interview with the Ambassador from LaplandFilm, Director1965
SkyscraperFilm, Director1961
Guns of the TreesFilm, Gregory1951Antifilm #2Film, Director1925Born30 September 1925People around Adolfas
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He made several short films, culminating in the feature Hallelujah the Hills in 1963, which was played at the Cannes Film Festival of that year and is now considered a classic of American film.
