Adolfas Mekas
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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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert) | - | Flop | |
| 2011 | Sleepless Nights Stories | Self | Flop | |
| 2007 | 365 Day Project | - | Super Hit | |
| 2004 | Certain Women | Hilda's Papa | Flop | |
| 2000 | As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty | Self | Super Hit | |
| 1997 | Birth of a Nation | Self | Average | |
| 1993 | The Genius | Dr. Corbin | Flop | |
| 1986 | He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life | Self (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 1976 | Lost, Lost, Lost | Self | Hit | |
| 1972 | Going Home | Himself | Flop | |
| 1972 | Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania | Self | Hit | |
| 1971 | Journey to Lithuania | Himself | Hit | |
| N/A | Heretic | - | Flop | |
| 1969 | Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel | - | Flop | |
| 1968 | Diaries, Notes, and Sketches | Self | Hit | |
| 1968 | Windflowers | Card Player | Flop | |
| 1968 | A Matter of Baobab | - | Flop | |
| 1968 | Underground New York | Self | Flop | |
| 1967 | An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland | - | Flop | |
| 1961 | Guns of the Trees | Gregory | Hit |