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Adolfas Mekas (1925-2011)

Alias:
George Binkey

Birthplace:
Semeniškiai, Lithuania

Born:
September 30, 1925

Died:
May 31, 2011

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Production

Director:
1951  Antifilm #2
1963  Hallelujah the Hills
1965  Skyscraper
1965  The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1967  An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1968  Windflowers
1970  Compañeras and Compañeros
1972  Going Home

Editor:
1951  Antifilm #2
1963  Hallelujah the Hills
1964  The Brig
1965  Goldstein
1965  Skyscraper
1965  The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1966  The Love Merchant
1967  An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1968  Windflowers
1970  Compañeras and Compañeros
1971  A Weekend with Strangers
1972  Going Home

Music:
1951  Antifilm #2
1963  Hallelujah the Hills
1964  The Brig
1965  Goldstein
1965  Skyscraper
1965  The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1966  The Love Merchant
1967  An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1968  Windflowers
1970  Compañeras and Compañeros
1971  A Weekend with Strangers
1972  Going Home

Screenplay:
1951  Antifilm #2
1963  Hallelujah the Hills
1964  The Brig
1965  Goldstein
1965  Skyscraper
1965  The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1966  The Love Merchant
1967  An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1968  Windflowers
1970  Compañeras and Compañeros
1971  A Weekend with Strangers
1972  Going Home

Writer:
1951  Antifilm #2
1963  Hallelujah the Hills
1964  The Brig
1965  Goldstein
1965  Skyscraper
1965  The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1966  The Love Merchant
1967  An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1968  Windflowers
1970  Compañeras and Compañeros
1971  A Weekend with Strangers
1972  Going Home

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