Jonas Mekas
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-12-24 (97 years old)
Deathday
2019-01-23
Place of Birth
Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Also known As
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Jonas Mekas
Biography
Jonas Mekas was born in 1922 in the farming village of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. In 1944, he and his brother Adolfas were taken by the Nazis to a forced labor camp in Elmshorn, Germany. After the War he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz. At the end of 1949 the UN Refugee Organization brought both brothers to New York City, where they settled down in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Two months after his arrival in New York he borrowed money to buy his first Bolex camera and began to record brief moments of his life. He soon got deeply involved in the American Avant-Garde film movement. In 1954, together with his brother, he started Film Cult...
Acting
1998
as Self
2019
2021
as Self
2022
2019
as Self
1981
1984
as Self
2015
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Himself
1996
as Himself
2009
2006
as Himself
2010
as Self
2014
2000
as Narrator (voice)
2012
as Jonas Mekas
1997
1989
2002
as Himself
2014
as Wake Guest
2022
1966
as Self
1991
as Himself
2022
as Jonas Mekas
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1978
as Self
-
as Self
1980
as Self
2011
as Self
-
as Himself
2008
as Himself
1968
as Himself
2012
as Himself
1978
2016
as Himself
2002
as Himself
2012
as Himself
1967
as Narrator
1986
as Self (archive footage)
1990
as Butterfly Wing
1966
as Lounge Patron
1972
as Himself
2006
as Self
1996
2007
2006
as Self
1980
as Self
1965
as Himself
1968
as Self
1979
as Self (archive footage)
1980
as Himself
2007
as Self
2013
as Himself
1994
as Self
2011
1969
as Himself
1996
as Himself
1971
as Himself
1999
as Himself
1986
as Himself
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2010
as Himself
1965
2013
as Self
2008
2000
as Himself
2010
as himself
1967
as Self
2005
as Self
2004
as Mekas
2019
2019
as Narrator (voice)
2018
1965
2015
2009
as Himself
1992
as Himself
1965
as Self
1995
as Himself
1990
2006
as Self
2011
as himself
1972
as Self
1978
as N°1590
1979
as Himself
2018
as Self
2007
as Self
1965
as Self (uncredited)
2013
as Self
1976
as Self
1998
as Self
1996
as Himself
1966
as himself
2003
as himself
2008
2006
as Himself (voice)
2011
2020
2011
as Himself (voice) (segment "Mt. Ventoux")
2019
2003
as Self
2016
as Self
2020
as Himself
1986
2016
as himself
1961
2021
as Self (archive footage)
2007
as Self
2013
as self
1993
as Himself
Production
2007
as Director
1966
as Director of Photography
1966
as Editor
2006
as Director
2014
as Director
2014
as Director
2013
as Director
1976
as Director
1996
as Director
1986
2010
as Director
2011
2012
as Director
1961
as Director
1961
as Writer
1964
as Director
1962
as Writer
1966
as Director
1967
as Director
2011
as Director
1999
1997
as Director
2000
as Director
2000
as Cinematography
2015
as Director
2015
as Cinematography
2000
2006
as Director
2009
as Director
2013
as Director
1979
as Director
1997
2002
as Director
1966
as Director
1965
as Director
1967
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
2003
as Director
2006
as Director
1981
as Director
1991
as Director
1969
as Director
1978
as Director
1978
as Director
1995
as Director
1998
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
1999
1978
as Cinematography
2004
as Director
1991
2007
as Director
1996
as Director
2006
as Director
2015
as Director
2015
as Director
2015
as Camera Operator
2011
as Director
2006
as Director
2007
as Director
2015
as Director
1990
as Director
1990
as Camera Operator
2011
as Director
2008
as Director
1980
as Director
2012
as Director
1997
as Director
2006
as Director
-
as Director
1998
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
1997
as Director
1983
as Director
1965
as Director
2006
as Director
2012
as Director
1967
as Director
1970
as Director
1967
as Director
1983
as Director
1990
as Director
2006
as Director
1969
as Cinematography
1967
as Cinematography
1967
as Editor
1997
as Writer
1997
as Editor
1997
as Cinematography
1997
as Cinematography
1980
as Director
2000
as Cinematography
1998
as Writer
2017
1963
as Assistant Director
1964
as Cinematography
1986
as Cinematography
2013
as Editor
2013
as Writer
2013
as Cinematography
1976
as Writer
1996
as Cinematography
1976
as Cinematography
1996
1961
as Editor
1976
as Editor
1996
1961
as Cinematography
2006
as Writer
1996
as Director
1983
2001
as Director
1967
as Director
1981
as Director
1967
as Director
1990
as Cinematography
2006
as Director
1967
as Director
2010
as Director
1991
1999
as Director
2010
as Director of Photography
2010
as Director
2016
as Director
2006
as Cinematography
2006
as Writer
2006
as Director
2006
as Editor
2007
as Director
1966
as Camera Operator
1965
as Editor
1965
as Director of Photography
2009
as Director
-
as Director
2010
as Editor
2010
as Director of Photography
2010
as Producer
1999
as Director
2017
as Director
2000
as Director
2006
as Director
1965
as Cinematography
1965
as Editor
1993
as Director
2004
as Writer
2004
as Creator
-
as Director
2003
as Editor
2005
as Director
2005
2003
as Director
2006
as Director
2014
as Director
2005
as Director
1995
as Director of Photography
2019
as Director
1992
as Director
1995
as Director
2011
as Director
2011
as Director
2019
as Writer
2017
as Director
1995
as Director
2016
1965
as Cinematography
2011
as Director
2011
as Director
2006
as Cinematography
2011
as Director
2010
as Director
1999
as Director
1996
as Director
2006
as Director
2002
as Director
2008
as Director of Photography
1966
as Sound Designer
2012
as Director
1997
as Writer
1997
as Director
1997
as Editor
2006
as Director
2020
as Director
2001
as Director
2001
as Director
1972
as Director
1972
as Camera Operator
1972
as Writer
2007
as Director
2007
2007
as Director
2006
as Director
2006
as Director
1964
as Director of Photography
2010
as Director
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