During the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, avant-garde director Jonas Mekas pioneered the "video diary" form of nonfiction filmmaking,...
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Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter
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2011
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Director
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2011
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Director
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2011
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Academy Award-winning director Chuck Workman takes viewers on a guided history of the avant-garde by interviewing a variety...
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2010
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It wasn't more than a couple decades after the invention of motion pictures that a number of artists began embracing cinema...
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2010
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Cinematographer, Director, Editor
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2009
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A pivotal figure in the American avant-garde cinema, Jonas Mekas has been active and influential as a filmmaker, critic,...
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Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter, Sound/Sound Designer
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2008
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The underground art of renegade performance artist, photographer, and filmmaker Jack Smith is explored through the images he...
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2007
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Marie Menken was an artist and experimental filmmaker who was a contemporary and confidante to many noted auteurs of the...
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Additional Cinematography
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2007
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Henry Geldzahler was one of the most important figures in 20th Century American art, even though he was not an artist...
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2006
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Elio Gelmini's Anger Me paints an enduring biographical portrait of Kenneth Anger, one of the most fascinating, controversial...
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2006
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Jonas Mekas was a vitally important figure in the American experimental film movement of the '50s and '60s; in addition to...
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Director
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2005
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Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Producer, Sound/Sound Designer
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2004
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Maya Deren was one of the pioneering figures of avant-garde cinema in America and also a noted author, poet, anthropologist,...
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2003
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Director
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2003
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2001
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A documentary profile of filmmaker John Waters, Divine Trash focuses on the bad-taste pioneer's early years, especially his...
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1998
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Director
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1997
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Director
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1996
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This German documentary offers a tragic profile of the notorious "death angel," Nico. Long after her death in 1988, the...
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1995
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Evidently shot over a decade, this documentary portrait of Lithuanian-born filmmaker-poet Jonas Mekas examines his life and...
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Cinematographer, Screenwriter
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1994
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Director
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1992
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Fans of avant-garde jazz and blues performance will appreciate this avant-garde documentary, which intersperses discussions...
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1990
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The personal film archives of Yoko Ono were utilized for this feature-length documentary on the life of John Lennon....
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1988
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This rapid-fire, avant-garde look at the world of director Jonas Mekas is filmed like a Sesame Street episode for adults....
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Director, Screenwriter
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1986
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Director
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1981
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This film, and its companion piece Going Home are documentaries in the form of home movies. It records the return visit of...
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Cinematographer, Director, Editor
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1972
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Underground filmmaker Jonas Mekas presents a collection of home movies, outtakes and unfinished projects. A picnic in...
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Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Producer
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1970
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In 1970, Warhol starlet Viva released her first book, Viva Superstar, and husband and experimental video diarist Michel...
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1970
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The Brig is a literal filmization of the 1964 Living Theater presentation written by Ken Brown. The play is set in a Marine...
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Director
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1964
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Jonas Mekas wrote, produced, directed, and photographed this arty experimental study of the beatnik movement in America. A...
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Cinematographer, Director, Editor, Producer, Screenwriter
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1964
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Director
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Director
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Book Author
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