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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
- The Velvet Underground (2021) as Self
- Cinématon (1978) as N°1590
- River of Fundament (2014) as Wake Guest
- 3.11 A Sense of Home Films (2011) Director
- ORG (1979) as Self (archive footage)
- 365 Day Project (2007) Director
- Notes on an American Film Director at Work (2008) Director
- Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2022) as Self
- Imagine (1972) as Self
- Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) as Self
- It Came from Kuchar (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Lost, Lost, Lost (1976) Director
- Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections (1990) Director
- To John With Love (2006) Director
- Nico Icon (1995) as Self
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) Director
- Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965) as Self
- Jonas in the Desert (1994) as Self
- Strong Medicine (1981) Cast
- Fragments of Paradise (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Birth of a Nation (1997) Director
- As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) Director
- Tiny Tim: King for a Day (2020) as Himself
- Dirt (1965) Cast
- Invocation: Maya Deren (1986) as Himself
- ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) Cast
- The Sin of Jesus (1961) Cast
- Velvet Underground's First Public Appearance (2006) Director
- Just Visiting This Planet (1991) Cast
- Excavating Taylor Mead (2005) as Self
- 9/11: Life Under Attack (2021) as Self
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) Director
- Happy Birthday to John (1997) Director
- Galaxie (1966) as Self
- Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film (2019) as Self
- Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989) as Self
- Meet The Kuchar Brothers (2006) Cast
- Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007) as Self
- Underground New York (1968) as Self
- The Brig (1964) Director
- Warhol and Maciunas (2006) Director
- Guest (2011) as Self
- Step Across the Border (1990) as Butterfly Wing
- 20 Little Films (2012) Director
- The Definition of Insanity (2005) Cast
- Poem Posters (1967) as Self
- Doc (2008) as Himself
- A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015) as Self
- Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden (1972) Director
- Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972) Director
- Filmstudio, mon amour (2015) as Sé stesso
- I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance (2017) Director
- Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory (2008) Cast
- The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery' (2009) as Self
- Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011) as Himself
- Salvador Dalí at Work (1964) Director
- No. 18: Mahagonny (1980) as Self
- Carl Dreyer (2006) Director
- Guns of the Trees (1961) Director
- Empire (1965) Cinematography
- Notes on Marie Menken (2006) as Self
- Sleepless Nights Stories (2011) Director
- Hallelujah the Hills (1963) Assistant Director
- The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1981) Cast
- Filmmakers (1969) as Himself
- Diane the Zebra Woman (1962) Cast
- John & Yoko Bed-In (2006) Director
- Home Movies 1971-81 (1985) Cast
- In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002) as Himself
- Persistence of Vision (1984) as Self
- Celebrate Cinema 101 (1996) Director
- Notes in Lifestyle Margins (2002) Cast
- This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography (1999) Director
- George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus (2018) as Self
- EXPRMNTL (2016) as himself
- Cassis (1966) Director of Photography
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Most-watched Jonas Mekas films currently: What Is Cinema? (2013), 42 One Dream Rush (2010), The Velvet Underground (2021), Cinématon (1978), River of Fundament (2014).
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Selected TV credits: Kulturplatz (2004).
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