![Adolfas Mekas](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/q5nHzCDUVHiUA7vWaB0bptF2ovR.jpg)
Adolfas Mekas
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.95 |
Birthday | 1925-09-30 |
Place of Birth | Semeniškiai, Lithuania |
Also Known As | George Binkey, |
![Sleepless Nights Stories](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6REpTsWuStpUvqrN6uEqC3y21nh.jpg)
2011
![Sleepless Nights Stories](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6REpTsWuStpUvqrN6uEqC3y21nh.jpg)
Sleepless Nights Stories
5.7/6
Director Jonas Mekas travels through New York nights, through apartments, studios, backstage rooms, galleries, bars, and clubs. Encountering old acqua...
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Sleepless Nights Stories
![Going Home](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zslmffnck6ah8r32wPEaMQXHiJq.jpg)
1972
![Going Home](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zslmffnck6ah8r32wPEaMQXHiJq.jpg)
Going Home
5.4/5
A home movie by Adolfas Mekas and wife Pola Chapelle on their travels to Lithuania and Europe. It was filmed concurrently with the more highly regarde...
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Going Home
![Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hoOdTazzCyvysvECazPC1mHE96l.jpg)
1969
![Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hoOdTazzCyvysvECazPC1mHE96l.jpg)
Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
5.3/3
Jonas Mekas zoomed in from a completely different angle for his Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel. This fake interview with ‘Lapland’s Minister of F...
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Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
![An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kKa1M4nZkp558Qk4z5X65c5zcz0.jpg)
1967
![An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kKa1M4nZkp558Qk4z5X65c5zcz0.jpg)
An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
0/0
Adolfas starred in, directed, and edited this Vietnam comedy, produced by Pola Chapelle and shot by Jonas Mekas.
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An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
![Windflowers](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
1968
![Windflowers](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
Windflowers
0/0
Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge.
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Windflowers
![365 Day Project](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A6zlbQdL5bNVRx13wRJrpmCNbRI.jpg)
2007
![365 Day Project](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A6zlbQdL5bNVRx13wRJrpmCNbRI.jpg)
365 Day Project
0/0
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for...
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365 Day Project
![Certain Women](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a3WzU4wJgAviXfsEjBLpJXbhniM.jpg)
2004
![Certain Women](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/a3WzU4wJgAviXfsEjBLpJXbhniM.jpg)
Certain Women
0/0
Caldwell's pulp storytelling, proto-feminist stance and unabashed social dramatization of his characters are a distinct vision of the condition of wom...
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Certain Women
![As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5hmmNqJ9QF5iUZvkpIGKkgXX8kh.jpg)
2000
![As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5hmmNqJ9QF5iUZvkpIGKkgXX8kh.jpg)
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
7.8/64
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...
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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
![He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ffTB0xCRFyxYme3LQUlwOKJpsEZ.jpg)
1986
![He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ffTB0xCRFyxYme3LQUlwOKJpsEZ.jpg)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
8/7
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
![Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fCXvvqNhvy27GVDcSdjU6Qo1mE6.jpg)
1972
![Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fCXvvqNhvy27GVDcSdjU6Qo1mE6.jpg)
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
6.8/36
A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around Mekas' trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.
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Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
![Guns of the Trees](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4BfYWqNAhTuoQVlUrSoNkNZmEy2.jpg)
1961
![Guns of the Trees](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4BfYWqNAhTuoQVlUrSoNkNZmEy2.jpg)
Guns of the Trees
7.4/14
A depressed woman, Barbara, is on the verge of suicide while a man she meets in a church and a married couple try to convince her that life is worth l...
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Guns of the Trees
![Birth of a Nation](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y5dmMIbRZ36wTxKlwZQ5dU3ko0N.jpg)
1997
![Birth of a Nation](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y5dmMIbRZ36wTxKlwZQ5dU3ko0N.jpg)
Birth of a Nation
6.3/3
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
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Birth of a Nation
![Underground New York](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oGegPkpxB3WUHRfMATXDu9pN3Km.jpg)
1968
![Underground New York](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oGegPkpxB3WUHRfMATXDu9pN3Km.jpg)
Underground New York
0/0
A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbulent time and place that was to change American cul...
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Underground New York
![Journey to Lithuania](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f6QpOAV72v7YfS92RQ0w2LGRfS1.jpg)
1971
![Journey to Lithuania](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/f6QpOAV72v7YfS92RQ0w2LGRfS1.jpg)
Journey to Lithuania
0/0
During the trip back to Lithuania, Jonas Mekas made Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Adolfas Mekas made Going Home, while Pola Chapelle, Adolf...
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Journey to Lithuania
![A Matter of Baobab](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dp2VQ4Z4vB3U3dPvWtJ6x8eCVm0.jpg)
1970
![A Matter of Baobab](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dp2VQ4Z4vB3U3dPvWtJ6x8eCVm0.jpg)
A Matter of Baobab
0/0
International Cast of Actors: Jonas Mekas, from Lithuania, poet and film-maker; Louis Brigante, from Madagascar, poet and publisher; Storm De Hirsch,...
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A Matter of Baobab
![Diaries, Notes, and Sketches](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3iyvGft8nwGJFX62H5RawllN6Gp.jpg)
1968
![Diaries, Notes, and Sketches](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3iyvGft8nwGJFX62H5RawllN6Gp.jpg)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
7.3/22
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
![Lost, Lost, Lost](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xsPlsjF4xxh36IGKNEdJdbV3yQ8.jpg)
1976
![Lost, Lost, Lost](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xsPlsjF4xxh36IGKNEdJdbV3yQ8.jpg)
Lost, Lost, Lost
6.75/20
Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.
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Lost, Lost, Lost
![The Genius](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5iTcj87lBgpZmQPyOFvlTWnkoZe.jpg)
1993
![The Genius](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5iTcj87lBgpZmQPyOFvlTWnkoZe.jpg)
The Genius
5/1
A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons, who...
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The Genius
![3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
2019
![3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)](https://nicosiaefe.gov.cy/video/assets/no-poster.png)
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
0/0
A short portrait of Jonas Mekas by filmmaker and veteran Jonas chronicler Peter Sempel.
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