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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 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.


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Born:
Sep 30, 1925 In Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the movie Guns of the Trees 1961-02-28
Latest Project:
Movie As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000-11-05
Known For
Poster of Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Poster of Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Poster of Guns of the Trees
Filmography
Movie As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty Self 2000-11-05
Movie Birth of a Nation Self 1997-08-06
Movie He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life Self (archive footage) 1986-02-22
Movie Lost, Lost, Lost Self 1976-09-14
Movie Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania Self 1972-08-02
Movie Going Home Himself 1972-10-04
Movie Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel 1969-01-01
Movie Windflowers Card Player 1968-02-22
Movie Diaries, Notes, and Sketches Self 1968-03-01
Movie Guns of the Trees Gregory 1961-02-28
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