Jonas Mekas
Directing 1922-12-24 Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Jonas Mekas (24-12-1922 - 23-1-2019) was born in the farming village of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. In 1944, he and his brother Adolfas were taken by the Nazis to a forced labor camp in Elmshorn, Germany. After the War he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz. At the end of 1949 the UN Refugee Organization brought both brothers to New York City, where they settled down in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Two months after his arrival in New York he borrowed money to buy his first Bolex camera and beg…
Known For
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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
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Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022
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Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
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The Velvet Underground
2021
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Strong Medicine
1981
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Anger Me
2006
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Back from New York
2021
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Persistence of Vision
1984
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My Birthday
2014
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Home Movies 1971-81
1985
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All About Bolex
2015
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The Signing
2009
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Lavender
2010
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Notes for a Déjà vu
2022
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A Report from Venice
2015
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Cinema and Sanctuary
2019
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Michael Snow Up Close
1996