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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1925-09-30
- event Death Date 2011-05-31
- school Known for: Acting
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- info Birth Place Semeniškiai, Lithuania
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5.7
Sleepless Nights Stories
2011-12-15
5.4
Going Home
1972-10-04
5.3
Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
1969-01-01
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An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1967-01-01
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Windflowers
1968-02-22
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365 Day Project
2007-12-31
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Certain Women
2004-03-10
7.8
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000-11-05
8.2
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986-02-22
7.4
Guns of the Trees
1961-02-28
6.9
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
1996-08-30
6.3
Birth of a Nation
1997-08-06
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Underground New York
1968-01-01
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Journey to Lithuania
1971-01-01
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A Matter of Baobab
1970-01-01
7.4
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
2013-11-23
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Lost, Lost, Lost
1976-09-14
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The Genius
1993-04-02
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3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
2019-01-01
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Antifilm #2
1951-01-01
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The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1965-12-31
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The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1965-12-31
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Hallelujah the Hills
1963-12-16
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Going Home
1972-10-04
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An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1967-01-01
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An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
1967-01-01
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Windflowers
1968-02-22
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Windflowers
1968-02-22
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Windflowers
1968-02-22
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Windflowers
1968-02-22
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Compañeras and Compañeros
1970-12-03
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Compañeras and Compañeros
1970-12-03
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Skyscraper
1965-11-15
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Hallelujah the Hills
1963-12-16
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Hallelujah the Hills
1963-12-16
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Goldstein
1965-05-07
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The Brig
1964-09-20
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The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
1965-12-31
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The Love Merchant
1966-01-01
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A Weekend with Strangers
1971-07-23
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Going Home
1972-10-04
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The Orchid
1971-09-02