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Adolfas Mekas‌

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Adolfas Mekas

Semeniškiai, Lithuania

Adolfas Mekas

Semeniškiai, Lithuania

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Male

Birthday

calendar1925-09-30

Popularity

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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.

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Sleepless Nights Stories

Sleepless Nights Stories‌
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calendar 2011

Going Home

Going Home‌
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calendar 1972

Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel‌
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calendar 1969

An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland‌
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calendar 1967

Windflowers

Windflowers‌
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calendar 1968

365 Day Project

365 Day Project‌
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calendar 2007

Certain Women

Certain Women‌
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calendar 2004

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

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

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania‌
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calendar 1972

Guns of the Trees

Guns of the Trees‌
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calendar 1961

Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation‌
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calendar 1997

Underground New York

Underground New York‌
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calendar 1968

Journey to Lithuania

Journey to Lithuania‌
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calendar 1971

A Matter of Baobab

A Matter of Baobab‌
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calendar 1970

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches‌
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calendar 1968

Lost, Lost, Lost

Lost, Lost, Lost‌
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calendar 1976

The Genius

The Genius‌
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calendar 1993

3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

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

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