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Jonas Mekas (Lithuanian: [ˈjonɐs ˈmækɐs]; December 24, 1922 – January 23, 2019) was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". [1] Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals worldwide. [2]
Jonas Mekas: Diaries, Notes & Sketches Vol. 1-8 (DVD) This boxset brings together the “diary films” of Jonas Mekas (1922-2019). Mekas perfected a poetic, personal technique of filming his daily life in short bursts, with no plan or script, as one would write when taking notes or keeping a diary.
Biography. Jonas Mekas was born in 1922 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.
Jonas Mekas, ‘Godfather’ of American Avant-Garde Film, Is Dead at 96. Lithuanian-born, he arrived in New York in 1949 and became a prolific filmmaker, curator, critic and evangelist for ...
Sep 9 – Oct 9, 2011. Jonas Mekas is widely regarded as a key proponent in experimental cinema in the United States, both for his own adventurous film-making and for his active involvement with the presentation of avant-garde films since the early 1960s.
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This boxset brings together the “diary films” of Jonas Mekas (1922-2019). Mekas perfected a poetic, personal technique of filming his daily life in short bursts, with no plan or script, as one would write when taking notes or keeping a diary.
