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.
Filmography
all 31
Movies 31
self 11
Director 9
Certain Women (2004)
The Genius (1993)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
Going Home (1972)
The Orchid (1971)
Up Your Legs Forever (1971)
Windflowers (1968)
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland (1967)
Skyscraper (1965)
Goldstein (1965)
The Brig (1964)
Hallelujah the Hills (1963)
Antifilm #2 (1951)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1925-09-30
Deathday2011-05-31 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceBiržai District Municipality, Lithuania
SiblingsJonas Mekas
CitizenshipsLithuania, United States
Also Known AsGeorge Binkey
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