Nam June Paik

Directing•Born July 20, 1932•Died January 29, 2006 (age 73)•Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

Biography

Nam June Paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He coined the phrase "Information Superhighway" in 1974, and has been called the "father of video art."

Known For

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Filmography

2023

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2020

Tapes

Movie

2019

Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art

Movie

2018

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2011

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

as Himself (archive footage)

Movie

2011

Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

Movie

2008

Joseph Beuys - Coyote III

as Himself

Movie

2007

365 Day Project

as Self

Movie

2006

Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

2006

Winter in Miami 2005

as Self

Movie

2003

Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

as Self

Movie

2000

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

as Self

Movie

1999

April is the Cruelest Month

as Self

Movie

1998

Sexual Healing

as Self

Movie

1995

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

Movie

1994

The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties

as Self

Movie

1993

The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

as Self

Movie

1987

Back to Fucking Cambridge

as Anton von Webern

Movie

1986

Bye Bye Kipling

as Self

Movie

1986

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie

1985

All Star Video

as Self

Movie

1985

Home Movies 1971-81

Movie

1984

Trip to Korea

Movie

1984

Persistence of Vision

as Self

Movie

1982

Bonjour Nam June Paik I

Movie

1979

Flux-Concert

as Self

Movie

1977

Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde

as Self

Movie

1976

A Tribute to John Cage

Movie

1975

Video: The New Wave

Movie

1975

Nam June Paik: Edited for Television

as Self

Movie

1974

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

as Tom

Movie

1973

26'1.1499" For A String Player

Movie

1969

Seminar

as Self

Movie

1966

Kunst und Ketchup

Movie

1966

P+A-I(k)

Movie

1964

Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

Movie

1964

Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

Movie

1962

Nam June Paik

as Self

Movie

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Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

as Nam June Paik

Movie

—

Processing the Signal

as Himself

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentDirecting

BirthdayJuly 20, 1932

Day of DeathJanuary 29, 2006

Place of BirthGyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

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