Adolfas Mekas
Acting•Born September 30, 1925•Died May 31, 2011 (age 85)•Semeniškiai, Lithuania
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.
Known For
5.8
Going Home
Movie1972
7.7
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Movie2000
10.0
365 Day Project
Movie2007
10.0
Windflowers
Movie1968
7.2
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Movie1968
7.0
Birth of a Nation
Movie1997
8.0
Up Your Legs Forever
Movie1971
8.4
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Movie1986
Filmography
Personal Info
DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 30, 1925
Day of DeathMay 31, 2011
Place of BirthSemeniškiai, Lithuania
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