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.
Known For Acting
Popularity 2.295
Birthday 1925-09-30
Place of Birth Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Also Known As George Binkey,
Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
1969

Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

Going Home
1972

Going Home

Windflowers
1968

Windflowers

An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1967

An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
1972

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Guns of the Trees
1961

Guns of the Trees

Birth of a Nation
1997

Birth of a Nation

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000

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

Underground New York
1968

Underground New York

Journey to Lithuania
1971

Journey to Lithuania

A Matter of Baobab
1970

A Matter of Baobab

Lost, Lost, Lost
1976

Lost, Lost, Lost

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

The Genius
1993

The Genius

3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
2019

3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

Sleepless Nights Stories
2011

Sleepless Nights Stories