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Adolfas Mekas
Sign in to saveLithuanian film director (1925–2011)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- When the turtles collapse
- The Father The Son And A Holy Cow
- Nailing The Coffin
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Film & TV
Semeniškiai, Lithuania
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…
Known for
- 3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)2019
- Sleepless Nights Stories — Self2011
- Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film — Himself (archive footage)2011
- 365 Day Project — Self2007
- Certain Women — Hilda's Papa2004
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty — Self2000
- Birth of a Nation — Self1997
- The Genius — Dr. Corbin1993
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life — Self (archive footage)1986
- Lost, Lost, Lost — Self1976
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Argentina
Discography
- Luciernagas2007
- Rote Flora2013
- Ephemerol2015
- Redux2018
- Neon Forest2018
- Chaosmos2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Biržai District Municipality
- Place of death
- United States
- Sibling
- Jonas Mekas
- Occupation
- film editor
- Educated at
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
- Employer
- Bard College
- Languages spoken
- Lithuanian
- Image
- AdolfasMekasTula.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1925-09-30
- date of death
- 2011-05-31
- Commons category
- Adolfas Mekas
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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