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American filmmaker (1932-1989)

Person · Open Library

Works
1024

Top works

  • Jack Smith Report
  • Coffee Tables Pocket Monthly Planner 2016
  • Landscapes Weekly Planner 2016
  • Hebrew Calendar 2016
  • Wedding Bands Calendar 2016

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Film & TV

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Jack Smith was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown.

Known for

  • Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith — Himself (archive footage)2017
  • I Am Divine — Self (archive)2014
  • Love Thing2012
  • Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film — Himself (archive footage)2011
  • Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory2008
  • Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis — Self (archive footage)2007
  • Two Wrenching Departures2006
  • Star Spangled to Death — The Spirit Not of Life But of Living2004
  • Birth of a Nation — Self1997
  • Shadows in the City — Spirit of Death1991

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1969-08-06
Active to
2003-10-21
acoustic rockamericanfolk rockindieindie folkindie pop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,810
Total plays
9,518

Tags

spoken wordpopexperimentalHip-HopRock and Roll

May refer to: 1920s vocalist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"Whispering"_Jack_Smith_(music) 1940s vocalist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"Smilin'"_Jack_Smith_(music) 1960s filmmaker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smith_(film_director) 2010s beat-maker: http://soundcloud.com/jack-smith88 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jack+Smith">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jack
Family name
Smith
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Columbus
Place of death
Manhattan
Occupation
cinematographer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Notable work
Flaming Creatures
Field of work
visual arts
Image
Jack Smith (The Beautiful Book).jpg
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manner of death
natural causes
date of birth
1932-11-14
date of death
1989-09-16
described by source
UbuWeb
different from
Jack Smith
has works in the collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
medical condition
HIV/AIDS
writing language
English language
Sources (8)

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