Adolfas Mekas
Age: 85 | From: Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Person Details
Birthday: 1925-09-30 06:51:36
Death: 2011-05-31 06:51:36
Aliases: George Binkey
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Homepage: http://adolfasmekas.com/
Movie Involvements: 30
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Brig
(1964) Editor
Goldstein
(1965) Editor
The Love Merchant
(1966) Editor
Compañeras and Compañeros
(1970) Editor
Skyscraper
(1965) Director
Hallelujah the Hills
(1963) Writer
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
(1965) Screenplay
Going Home
(1972) EditorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | N/A | |
| 2011 | N/A | |
| 2000 | Self | |
| 1997 | Self | |
| 1993 | Dr. Corbin | |
| 1986 | Self | |
| 1976 | Self | |
| 1972 | Himself | |
| Self | ||
| 1971 | Himself | |
| 1970 | N/A | |
| 1969 | N/A | |
| 1968 | Self | |
| Card Player | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| 1961 | Gregory | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1968 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| 1965 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1963 | Director | |
| 1951 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Editor | |
| 1971 | Editor | |
| 1970 | Editor | |
| 1968 | Editor | |
| 1967 | Editor | |
| 1966 | Editor | |
| 1965 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| 1964 | Editor | |
| 1963 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Writer | |
| 1965 | Screenplay | |
| 1963 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |