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Jonas Mekas (12-24-1922 - 1-23-2019) was born 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…
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- Kulturplatz (2004) as Self
- What Is Cinema? (2013) as Self
- 42 One Dream Rush (2010) Director
- Cinématon (1978) as N°1590
- The Velvet Underground (2021) as Self
- River of Fundament (2014) as Wake Guest
- Notes on an American Film Director at Work (2008) Director
- ORG (1979) as Self (archive footage)
- 365 Day Project (2007) Director
- 3.11 A Sense of Home Films (2011) Director
- Imagine (1972) as Self
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) as Self
- Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections (1990) Director
- Lost, Lost, Lost (1976) Director
- To John With Love (2006) Director
- Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- It Came from Kuchar (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) Director
- As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) Director
- The Sin of Jesus (1961) Cast
- Jonas in the Desert (1994) as Self
- Birth of a Nation (1997) Director
- Dirt (1965) Cast
- Nico Icon (1995) as Self
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) Director
- Fragments of Paradise (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2022) as Self
- Strong Medicine (1981) Cast
- Excavating Taylor Mead (2005) as Self
- The Brig (1964) Director
- Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007) as Self
- Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965) as Self
- Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989) as Self
- Invocation: Maya Deren (1986) as Himself
- Galaxie (1966) as Self
- ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) Cast
- Poem Posters (1967) as Self
- Happy Birthday to John (1997) Director
- Just Visiting This Planet (1991) Cast
- 20 Little Films (2012) Director
- Tiny Tim: King for a Day (2020) as Himself
- Doc (2008) as Himself
- Salvador Dalí at Work (1964) Director
- Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden (1972) Director
- Warhol and Maciunas (2006) Director
- Guns of the Trees (1961) Writer
- Guest (2011) as Self
- Meet The Kuchar Brothers (2006) Cast
- Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film (2019) as Self
- Underground New York (1968) as Self
- Velvet Underground's First Public Appearance (2006) Director
- The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery' (2009) as Self
- Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory (2008) Cast
- The Definition of Insanity (2005) Cast
- Notes on Marie Menken (2006) as Self
- I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance (2017) Director
- A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015) as Self
- Diane the Zebra Woman (1962) Cast
- Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011) as Himself
- Hallelujah the Hills (1963) Assistant Director
- Filmmakers (1969) as Himself
- Filmstudio, mon amour (2015) as Sé stesso
- Persistence of Vision (1984) as Self
- John & Yoko Bed-In (2006) Director
- Empire (1965) Cinematography
- No. 18: Mahagonny (1980) as Self
- Sleepless Nights Stories (2011) Director
- Carl Dreyer (2006) Director
- EXPRMNTL (2016) as himself
- Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972) Director
- The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus as Self
- New York Conversations (2010) Cast
- In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002) as Himself
- The Invisible Father (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Celebrate Cinema 101 (1996) Director
- The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1981) Cast
- The Love Merchant (1966) as Lounge Patron
- The Song of Stockholm (1981) Director
- George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus (2018) as Self
- Vertigo (2022) Cast
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Most-watched Jonas Mekas films currently: What Is Cinema? (2013), 42 One Dream Rush (2010), Cinématon (1978), The Velvet Underground (2021), River of Fundament (2014).
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Selected TV credits: Kulturplatz (2004).
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