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Adolfas Mekas

Adolfas Mekas

Birthday: 1925-09-30 | Place of Birth: Semeniškiai, Lithuania

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2011
Sleepless Nights Stories

as    Self

1993
The Genius

as    Dr. Corbin

1976
Lost, Lost, Lost

as    Self

1972
Going Home

as    Himself

1968
Windflowers

as    Card Player

1968
Underground New York

as    Self

1961
Guns of the Trees

as    Gregory