Director

Adolfas Mekas

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 1088703

IMDb ID: nm0083017

Known for: Acting

Born: September 30, 1925

Died: May 31, 2011

Age: 85

Place of birth: Semeniškiai, Lithuania

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1961 - 2011

Years active: 51

Average TMDB rating: 7.25

Wikidata: Q364959

Also known as

George Binkey

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Director (6)Editor (3)Production Coordinator (1)Screenplay (1)

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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.

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