Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals worldwide. Mekas was active in New York City, where he co-founded Anthology Film Archives, The Film-Makers' Cooperative, and the journal Film Culture. He was also the first film critic for The Village Voice.
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A Mixtape for Stom
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2025
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
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2023
Jonas Mekas Anthology
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2022
Fragments of Paradise
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2022
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
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2022
The Velvet Underground
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2021
9/11: Life Under Attack
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2021
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
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2020
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
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2019
Crickets
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2017
EXPRMNTL
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2016
Últimas correspondencias
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2016
Últimas correspondencias
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2016
New Seasons Movement IV
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2015
Flowers
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2014
A Cardinal
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2014
What Is Cinema?
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2013
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
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2012
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
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2012
Reminiscences from Germany
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2012
Reminiscences from Germany
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2012
Sleepless Nights Stories
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2011
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
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2011
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
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2011
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
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2011
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
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2011
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
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2011
Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman
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2011
42 One Dream Rush
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2010
WTC Haikus
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2010
It Came from Kuchar
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2009
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
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2008
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
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2008
365 Day Project
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2007
365 Day Project
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2007
Taping for As I was Moving Ahead…
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2006
Salvador Dalí at Work
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2006
Salvador Dalí at Work
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2006
Salvador Dalí at Work
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2006
Jonas' Independence Speech at the Anniversary of the Filmmaker's Cooperative
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2006
Jonas' Independence Speech at the Anniversary of the Filmmaker's Cooperative
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2006
Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles
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2006
Graffiti Museum Bronx, NYC
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2006
Graffiti Museum Bronx, NYC
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2006
I Am Searching for Nothing
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2006
Bed-In: John Lennon & Yoko Ono
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2006
Fluxus on the Hudson
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2006
Elia Kazan
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2006
End of the Millennium Espresso
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2006
End of the Millennium Espresso
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2006
Imperfect Film
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2006
Imperfect Film
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2006
Jackie & Lee Fragments of an Unfinished Biography
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2006
Taping for As I was Moving Ahead…
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2006
Allen Ginsberg Sings Blues
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2006
Kreutzer Sonata
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2006
Kreutzer Sonata
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2006
The Monks of Cinema
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2006
A Visit to Timothy Leary
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2006
Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
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2005
A Letter from Greenpoint
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2004
A Letter from Greenpoint
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2004
A Letter from Greenpoint
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2004
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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2003
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
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2002
Notes in Lifestyle Margins
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2002
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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2000
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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2000
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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2000
This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography
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1999
This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography
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1999
Song of Avignon
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1998
Song of Avignon
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1998
Song of Avignon
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1998
Birth of a Nation
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1997
Birth of a Nation
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1997
A Poet from the Lower East Side
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1997
On My Way to Fujiyama I met..
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1995
Nico Icon
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1995
Jonas in the Desert
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1994
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
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1993
Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)
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1992
Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)
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1992
A Walk
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1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
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1990
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
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1990
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
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1990
Step Across the Border
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1990
Invocation: Maya Deren
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1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
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1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
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1986
Travel Songs
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1981
Travel Songs
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1981
The Song of Stockholm
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1981
ORG
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1979
Notes for Jerome
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1978
Notes for Jerome
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1978
Notes for Jerome
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1978
Lost, Lost, Lost
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1976
Lost, Lost, Lost
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1976
Lost, Lost, Lost
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1976
Imagine
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1972
Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden
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1972
Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden
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1972
Up Your Legs Forever
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1971
Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo
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1970
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
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1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
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1968
Jonas
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1968
The Song of Assisi
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1967
Notes on the Circus
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1967
Hare Krishna
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1967
For Life, Against the War
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1967
Report from Millbrook
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1966
Galaxie
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1966
Cassis
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1966
Empire
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1965
Senseless
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1962
Guns of the Trees
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1961
Guns of the Trees
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1961
Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas
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