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Adolfas Mekas

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1925-09-30

Birth Place

Semeniškiai, Lithuania

Movies and TV shows :

3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

2019

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Movie
365 Day Project

365 Day Project

2007

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A Matter of Baobab

A Matter of Baobab

1970

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An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

1967

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Movie
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2021

7.6

Movie
Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

1997

6.3

Movie
Certain Women

Certain Women

2004

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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

2013

7.4

Movie
Going Home

Going Home

1972

5.4

Movie
Guns of the Trees

Guns of the Trees

1961

7.4

Movie
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986

8.0

Movie
Journey to Lithuania

Journey to Lithuania

1971

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Lost, Lost, Lost

Lost, Lost, Lost

1976

7.0

Movie
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

1996

6.9

Movie
Sleepless Nights Stories

Sleepless Nights Stories

2011

5.7

Movie
The Genius

The Genius

1993

5.0

Movie
Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

1969

5.3

Movie
Underground New York

Underground New York

1968

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Movie
Windflowers

Windflowers

1968

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