Jonas Mekas Net Worth is$700,000 Jonas Mekas Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jonas Mekas was born on December 24, 1922 in Semeniskiai, Lithuania. He is a director and cinematographer, known for As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000), Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972) and Walden (1969).
Full Name Jonas Blue Date Of Birth December 24, 1922 Place Of Birth Semeniskiai, Lithuania Profession Director, Cinematographer, Editor Education Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Nationality Lithuanian, American Children Oona Mekas, Sebastian Mekas Parents Elzbieta Mekas, Povilas Mekas Siblings Adolfas Mekas, Elzbieta Mekas, Povilas Mekas, Kostas Mekas, Petras Mekas Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Nominations MTV Europe Music Award for Best Push Artist, Brit Award for British Single, Brit Award for British Video, Perfect Strangers, Fast Car, By Your Side Movies Lost, Lost, Lost, Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Walden, As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, Sleepless Nights Stories, Outtakes From The Life Of A Happy Man, This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography, He Stands in a Desert Counting the Secon... Star Sign Capricorn
# Quote 1 In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don't care about my cinema. In Europe they don't know my poetry; in Europe, I am a filmmaker. But here, in the United States, I am only a maverick!
# Fact 1 Founded the magazine "Film Culture". 2 Father of Oona Mekas . 3 Left Lithuania at the age of 22. 4 In 1958, he became the first movie critic for The Village Voice. 5 Was in German labor camps during WWII. After the war he spent time in Germany as a displaced person, settling in New York City in 1949. 6 Used to film with an old Bolex camera. 7 Father of Sebastian Mekas . 8 Brother of Adolfas Mekas .
Director Title Year Status Character The Song of Italy 1967 Short Cassis 1966 Documentary short Notes on the Circus 1966 Documentary short Report from Millbrook 1966 Documentary short Hare Krishna 1966 Short Award Presentation to Andy Warhol 1964 Documentary short The Brig 1964 Salvador Dali at Work 1964 Short Film Magazine of the Arts 1963 Short Guns of the Trees 1961 Reminiszenzen aus Deutschland 2013 Documentary short Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man 2012 Documentary Correspondencia Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin 2011 Documentary Sleepless Nights Stories 2011 42 One Dream Rush 2010 Short WTC Haikus 2010 Documentary short Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR 2008 Documentary A Letter from Greenpoint 2005 Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2003 Short Elvis 2001 Short Wien & Mozart 2001 Short As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 Documentary Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album 2000 Video documentary This Side of Paradise 1999 Short documentary Song of Avignon 1998 Video short Birth of a Nation 1997 Documentary Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit 1997 Video documentary Happy Birthday to John 1997 Documentary short Imperfect Three Image Films 1995 Video short Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus) 1992 Documentary short Quartet Number One 1991 Video short Self Portrait 1990 Short He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life 1986 Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections 1982 Documentary short The Song of Stockholm 1981 Short Paradise Not Yet Lost, or Oona's Third Year 1980 In Between 1978 Notes for Jerome 1978 Lost, Lost, Lost 1976 Documentary Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania 1972 Documentary The Song of Moscow 1971 Short Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel 1969 Short Walden 1969 Documentary The Song of Avila 1967 Short The Song of Assisi 1967 Short
Cinematographer Title Year Status Character Jonas in the Jungle 2013 Documentary Reminiszenzen aus Deutschland 2013 Documentary short Remanence I - (Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost) 2013 Short original footage Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man 2012 Documentary Sleepless Nights Stories 2011 Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR 2008 Documentary A Letter from Greenpoint 2005 Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2003 Short As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 Documentary Song of Avignon 1998 Video short Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit 1997 Video documentary Imperfect Three Image Films 1995 Video short Jonas in the Desert 1994 Documentary Quartet Number One 1991 Video short He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life 1986 The Song of Stockholm 1981 Short Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania 1972 Documentary The Song of Moscow 1971 Short Walden 1969 Documentary Cassis 1966 Documentary short Notes on the Circus 1966 Documentary short Award Presentation to Andy Warhol 1964 Documentary short Empire 1964 Documentary The Brig 1964 Guns of the Trees 1961
Editor Title Year Status Character Reminiszenzen aus Deutschland 2013 Documentary short Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man 2012 Documentary Sleepless Nights Stories 2011 WTC Haikus 2010 Documentary short Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR 2008 Documentary A Letter from Greenpoint 2005 Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2003 Short As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 Documentary This Side of Paradise 1999 Short documentary Song of Avignon 1998 Video short Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit 1997 Video documentary Imperfect Three Image Films 1995 Video short Carl G. Jung or Lapis Philosophorum 1991 Documentary short Quartet Number One 1991 Video short The Song of Stockholm 1981 Short Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania 1972 Documentary The Song of Moscow 1971 Short Walden 1969 Documentary Cassis 1966 Documentary short Notes on the Circus 1966 Documentary short Award Presentation to Andy Warhol 1964 Documentary short Guns of the Trees 1961
Producer Title Year Status Character Brooklyn Salvador 2011 Documentary co-producer Kazuo Ohno Trilogy 2010 Documentary co-producer WTC Haikus 2010 Documentary short producer Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR 2008 Documentary producer A Letter from Greenpoint 2005 producer Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2003 Short producer As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 Documentary producer This Side of Paradise 1999 Short documentary producer Happy Birthday to John 1997 Documentary short producer The Song of Stockholm 1981 Short producer The Song of Moscow 1971 Short producer Walden 1969 Documentary producer Guns of the Trees 1961 producer
Actor Title Year Status Character Trace(s) 2013 Short completed voice River of Fundament 2014 Wake Guest A Letter from Greenpoint 2005 Mekas The Definition of Insanity 2004 Dr. Mekas Belladonna 1989 Short Strong Medicine 1981 The Love Merchant 1966 Lounge Patron (uncredited) Dirt 1965 Short Salvador Dali at Work 1964 Short The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man 1963
Writer Title Year Status Character WTC Haikus 2010 Documentary short Vilkas 2008 Short novel A Letter from Greenpoint 2005 creator As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 Documentary This Side of Paradise 1999 Short documentary writer Kralikuv seznam 1998 TV Movie article Jonas in the Desert 1994 Documentary Guns of the Trees 1961
Miscellaneous Title Year Status Character Patti Smith: Dream of Life 2008 Documentary archival footage courtesy of Andy Warhol's Factory People 2008 TV Series documentary interview - 1 episode Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album 2000 Video documentary party footage Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol 1990 Documentary stock footage and news material
Camera Department Title Year Status Character Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film 2011 Documentary additional cinematography Kazuo Ohno Trilogy 2010 Documentary camera operator Notes on Marie Menken 2006 Documentary additional photographer
Assistant Director Title Year Status Character Going Home 1972 Documentary assistant director Hallelujah the Hills 1963 assistant director
Sound Department Title Year Status Character As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 Documentary sound Walden 1969 Documentary sound
Thanks Title Year Status Character Curb Dance 2011 Video short dedicatee Notes on Marie Menken 2006 Documentary acknowledgment: with the generous help of American Masters 2005 TV Series documentary the director and producers wish to thank - 1 episode Cinéma, de notre temps 2003 TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode Nico Icon 1995 Documentary acknowledgment: "Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol" footage courtesy of Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol 1990 Documentary thanks: for generous help and insight Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties 1989 TV Movie documentary thanks
Self Title Year Status Character Exprmntl 2016 Documentary Himself - Interviewee I Had Nowhere to Go 2016 Documentary Himself Cinéma, de notre temps 2016 TV Series documentary Himself Filmstudio, mon amour 2015 Documentary Himself Liberatum Inspiring Creativity 2014 Short Himself Jonas in the Jungle 2013 Documentary Himself Reminiszenzen aus Deutschland 2013 Documentary short Himself What Is Cinema? 2013 Documentary Himself Mes entretiens filmés 2013 Documentary Himself Hans Richter: Everything Turns, Everything Revolves 2013 Documentary Himself Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man 2012 Documentary Jonas Mekas I Belong to Me: The Cool Blue Halo Story 2012 Documentary Himself Jonas Mekas: I Am Not a Filmmaker 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself Maya Deren, Take 0 2012 Documentary short Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film 2011 Documentary Himself - Filmmaker Correspondencia Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin 2011 Documentary Himself Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas 2010 Documentary short Die Ameise der Kunst 2010 Documentary Himself American Masters 2010 TV Series documentary Himself - Filmmaker New York Conversations 2010 Documentary Himself Guest 2010/II Documentary Himself Visionaries 2010 Documentary MindFlux 2010 Documentary Himself Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days 2009 Documentary short Himself The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery' 2009 Documentary Himself Kinomagazin 2008 TV Series documentary Himself Andy Warhol's Factory People 2008 TV Series documentary Himself Anger Me 2006 Documentary Himself Notes on Marie Menken 2006 Documentary Himself Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis 2006 Documentary Anthology Film Archives / Filmmaker Who Gets to Call It Art? 2006 Documentary Himself Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself / Interviewee There Is No Direction 2005 Documentary short Himself Excavating Taylor Mead 2005 Documentary Himself Jonas at the Ocean 2002 Documentary Himself American Magus 2002 Documentary Himself Im Spiegel der Maya Deren 2001 Documentary Himself Notes on Jonas Mekas 2000 Short documentary Mekas, Jonas As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 Documentary Himself / Narrator Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory 1999 Documentary Himself Divine Trash 1998 Documentary Himself Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit 1997 Video documentary Himself Nico Icon 1995 Documentary Himself Jonas in the Desert 1994 Documentary Himself Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus) 1992 Documentary short voice Just Visiting This Planet 1991 Documentary Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol 1990 Documentary Himself Step Across the Border 1990 Documentary Butterfly Wing Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties 1989 TV Movie documentary Himself Invocation: Maya Deren 1987 Documentary Himself New York Framed 1986 TV Movie documentary Himself Cinématon 1984 Documentary Participant Mahagonny 1980 Himself Paradise Not Yet Lost, or Oona's Third Year 1980 Himself Lost, Lost, Lost 1976 Documentary Himself The Museum of Modern Art Show 1971 Short documentary Himself Walden 1969 Documentary Filmmakers 1969 Documentary short Himself Poem Posters 1966 Short Himself Galaxie 1966 Himself Award Presentation to Andy Warhol 1964 Documentary short Himself Empire 1964 Documentary Himself (uncredited) Jonas in the Brig 1964 Short Himself
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2010 Dragon of Dragons Honorary Award Krakow Film Festival 2006 Special Citation Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards For his contributions to American film culture as filmmaker, critic and co-founder of Anthology ... More
2002 Contribution to World Cinema Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 1997 Preservation and Scholarship Award International Documentary Association 1996 Special Citation New York Film Critics Circle Awards To the president of the Anthology Film Archives for his long contributions to independent film. 1992 Mel Novikoff Award San Francisco International Film Festival 1986 Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
Known for movies As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Walden (1969)
Correspondencia Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin (2011)
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