Adolfas Mekas

Adolfas Mekas

1925-09-30

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.

Also appears in

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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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

7.4

Lost, Lost, Lost

Lost, Lost, Lost

7.0

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

6.9

Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

6.3

The Genius

The Genius

5.0

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

8.2

Guns of the Trees

Guns of the Trees

7.4

365 Day Project

365 Day Project

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Sleepless Nights Stories

Sleepless Nights Stories

5.7

An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland

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Underground New York

Underground New York

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Going Home

Going Home

5.4

A Matter of Baobab

A Matter of Baobab

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Journey to Lithuania

Journey to Lithuania

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Windflowers

Windflowers

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Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

5.3

Certain Women

Certain Women

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3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

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