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Adolfas Mekas

Sep 30, 1925 - May 31, 2011 (85 years old) in 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 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

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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Self
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
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365 Day Project
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Guns of the Trees
Gregory
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Birth of a Nation
Self
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Sleepless Nights Stories
Self
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Lost, Lost, Lost
Self
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Underground New York
Self
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An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

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