

Jonas Mekas
Known for exceptional directing in global cinema.
Profession
Directing
Birthday
24 Dec 1922
Age
104 Years
Born In
Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Total Projects
160
Years Active
64 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.8 ★
Overview
Jonas Mekas (12-24-1922 - 1-23-2019) was born in the farming village of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. In 1944, he and his brother Adolfas were taken by the Nazis to a forced labor camp in Elmshorn, Germany. After the War he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz. At the end of 1949 the UN Refugee Organization brought both brothers to New York...
Known For
Filmography

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A Mixtape for Stom
A Mixtape for Stom

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Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)

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Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages

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Jonas Mekas Anthology
Jonas Mekas Anthology
as Jonas Mekas

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Fragments of Paradise
Fragments of Paradise
as Self (archive footage)

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Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self

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Vertigo
Vertigo

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Notes for a Déjà vu
Notes for a Déjà vu

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Back from New York
Back from New York
as Himself

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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
as Self

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9/11: Life Under Attack
9/11: Life Under Attack
as Self

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The Invisible Father
The Invisible Father
as Self (archive footage)

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Tapes
Tapes

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Tiny Tim: King for a Day
Tiny Tim: King for a Day
as Himself

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Elegy for J.M.
Elegy for J.M.

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Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party
Sebastian and Jonas Leaving the Party

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Cinema and Sanctuary
Cinema and Sanctuary
as Self

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Self Discovery for Social Survival
Self Discovery for Social Survival
as Narrator (voice)

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Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self

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Makeshift (for Mekas)
Makeshift (for Mekas)

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Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 1
Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas/version 1
as Self

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Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas
Keep singing: a tribute to Jonas Mekas

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3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)

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Jonas Towards Broadway
Jonas Towards Broadway

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Beyond the Bolex
Beyond the Bolex
as Self

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Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

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George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
as Self

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Nitsch
Nitsch

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I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance
as Self

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On the Holy Spirit
On the Holy Spirit

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EXPRMNTL
EXPRMNTL
as himself

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I Had Nowhere to Go
I Had Nowhere to Go
as Himself

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Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
as Self

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Últimas correspondencias
Últimas correspondencias
as Self

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Filmstudio, mon amour
Filmstudio, mon amour
as Sé stesso

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A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
as Self

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Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet
Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet

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A Report from Venice
A Report from Venice

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All About Bolex
All About Bolex

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My Birthday
My Birthday

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River of Fundament
River of Fundament
as Wake Guest

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My Conversations on Film
My Conversations on Film
as Himself

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Jonas in the Jungle
Jonas in the Jungle
as Self

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What Is Cinema?
What Is Cinema?
as Self

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Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
Out-Takes from the Life of a Happy Man
as Jonas Mekas

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Maya Deren, Take Zero
Maya Deren, Take Zero
as Himself

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Reminiscences from Germany
Reminiscences from Germany
as Himself

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My Mars Bar Movie
My Mars Bar Movie
as himself

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3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
as Himself (voice) (segment "Mt. Ventoux")

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Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
as Himself

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Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
as Himself

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Guest
Guest
as Self

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Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

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Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman
Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman

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Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas
Portrait Serie - Jonas Mekas
as himself

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New York Conversations
New York Conversations

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Lavender
Lavender
as Self

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Visionaries
Visionaries
as Himself

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Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days
as Himself

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It Came from Kuchar
It Came from Kuchar
as Self (archive footage)

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The Signing
The Signing

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The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'
The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'
as Self

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Doc
Doc
as Himself

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Question a Day
Question a Day

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Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

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Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
as Self

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365 Day Project
365 Day Project
as Self

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Sunday December 30, 2007
Sunday December 30, 2007
as Self

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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self

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Tuesday Jan. 9, 2007
Tuesday Jan. 9, 2007
as Self

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The Song of Central Park
The Song of Central Park
as Himself (voice)

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Anger Me
Anger Me
as Himself

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Notes on Marie Menken
Notes on Marie Menken
as Self

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Who Gets to Call It Art?
Who Gets to Call It Art?
as Self

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Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Meet The Kuchar Brothers

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Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
as Self

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The Definition of Insanity
The Definition of Insanity

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Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol
Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol

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Excavating Taylor Mead
Excavating Taylor Mead
as Self

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Kulturplatz
Kulturplatz
as Self

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A Letter from Greenpoint
A Letter from Greenpoint
as Mekas

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Not in Our Name
Not in Our Name
as himself

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Axiom of Choice
Axiom of Choice
as Self

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Jonas Keeps Shooting Around
Jonas Keeps Shooting Around
as Himself

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In the Mirror of Maya Deren
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
as Himself

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Notes in Lifestyle Margins
Notes in Lifestyle Margins

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A Letter to Penny Arcade
A Letter to Penny Arcade

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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
as Narrator (voice)

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Requiem for a Manual Typewriter
Requiem for a Manual Typewriter
as Himself

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Letter to John from Jonas
Letter to John from Jonas

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Laboratorium Anthology
Laboratorium Anthology
as Himself

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Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97
Jonas Mekas in Paris 10/97

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Song of Avignon
Song of Avignon
as Self

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My Country is Cinema
My Country is Cinema
as Self

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Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
as Self

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A Poet from the Lower East Side
A Poet from the Lower East Side
as Self

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Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October
Jonas Mekas, Friday 13th October
as Himself

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Michael Snow Up Close
Michael Snow Up Close
as Himself

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Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old
Cinema Is Not 100 Years Old
as Himself

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Nico Icon
Nico Icon
as Self

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Jonas in the Desert
Jonas in the Desert
as Self

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Jonas Mekas in Budapest
Jonas Mekas in Budapest
as Himself

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Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)
Zefiro Torna or Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (Fluxus)

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Award
Award
as Himself

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Just Visiting This Planet
Just Visiting This Planet

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Quartet Number One
Quartet Number One

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Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas
Interview and Reading: Jonas Mekas
as Himself

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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self

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Step Across the Border
Step Across the Border
as Butterfly Wing

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Belladonna
Belladonna

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Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
as Self

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Invocation: Maya Deren
Invocation: Maya Deren
as Himself

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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)

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Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
as Self

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Home Movies 1971-81
Home Movies 1971-81

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Persistence of Vision
Persistence of Vision
as Self

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Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine

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The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

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No. 18: Mahagonny
No. 18: Mahagonny
as Self

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Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait
as Himself

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J. Mekas
J. Mekas
as Self

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ORG
ORG
as Self (archive footage)

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Paradise Not Yet Lost
Paradise Not Yet Lost
as Himself

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Cinématon
Cinématon
as N°1590

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Four Shadows
Four Shadows

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Notes for Jerome
Notes for Jerome
as Self

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Lost, Lost, Lost
Lost, Lost, Lost
as Self

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Postcard from America
Postcard from America

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‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

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Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”

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Imagine
Imagine
as Self

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Going Home
Going Home
as Himself

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Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
as Self

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Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971
Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971
as Self

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Journey to Lithuania
Journey to Lithuania
as Himself

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Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo
Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo

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Filmmakers
Filmmakers
as Himself

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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self

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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as self

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A Matter of Baobab
A Matter of Baobab

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Jonas
Jonas
as Himself

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Underground New York
Underground New York
as Self

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The Song of Avila
The Song of Avila
as Narrator

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Poem Posters
Poem Posters
as Self
![Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5yEUYxLQWc71aL7OGrhSnpslsQO.jpg)
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Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas
Screen Test [ST211]: Jonas Mekas
as himself

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Galaxie
Galaxie
as Self

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The Love Merchant
The Love Merchant
as Lounge Patron

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Shooting Guns
Shooting Guns

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Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self

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Dirt
Dirt

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Jonas in the Brig
Jonas in the Brig
as Himself

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Empire
Empire
as Self (uncredited)

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Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
as Self

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Salvador Dalí at Work
Salvador Dalí at Work
as Self

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Diane the Zebra Woman
Diane the Zebra Woman

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The Sin of Jesus
The Sin of Jesus

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The Lamb
The Lamb
as Self

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Viva Jonas!
Viva Jonas!
as Himself

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Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas
Cinématon n°1590 : Jonas Mekas

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The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
as Self