Adolfas Mekas
Known for Acting · 20 credits
- Born
- 1925-09-30
- Died
- 2011-05-31
- Place of birth
- Semeniškiai, Lithuania
- Also known as
- George Binkey
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
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
as Self
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976
as Self
Underground New York
1968
as Self
Movies (20)
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
as Self
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976
as Self
Underground New York
1968
as Self
Birth of a Nation
1997
as Self
Sleepless Nights Stories
2011
as Self
Guns of the Trees
1961
as Gregory
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
1972
as Self
Heretic
Windflowers
1968
as Card Player
The Genius
1993
as Dr. Corbin
Going Home
1972
as Himself
Journey to Lithuania
1971
as Himself
Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
1969
Certain Women
2004
as Hilda's Papa
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
2019
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1967
A Matter of Baobab
1968
About Adolfas Mekas
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 feature… With 20 credits spanning from 1961 to 2019, Adolfas Mekas has appeared in 20 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Adolfas Mekas Movies
- As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) — as Self
- 365 Day Project (2007) — as Self
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) — as Self (archive footage)
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) — as Self
- Lost, Lost, Lost (1976) — as Self
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