Jonas Mekas


Filmmaker

Biography

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
Director
Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR (2009)
Director
A Letter From Greenpoint (2005)
Director
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2001)
Director
Self Portrait (1990)
Director
Scenes From the Life of Andy Warhol (1990)
Director
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
Director
Lost, Lost, Lost (1975)
Director
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Director
Diaries, Notes and Sketches (1969)
Director
For Life, Against the War (1968)
Director
The Brig (1965)
Director
The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)
Special Assistant
Hallelujah the Hills (1963)
Assistant Director
Guns of the Trees (1961)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2010)
Anger Me (2007)
Notes on Marie Menken (2006)
Jack Smith & the Destruction of Atlantis (2006)
A Letter From Greenpoint (2005)
The Definition of Insanity (2004)
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2003)
Himself
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2001)
Himself
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2001)
Narrator
Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (1999)
Himself
Mes entretiens filmes (1998)
Divine Trash (1998)
Nico Icon (1995)
Himself
Jonas in the Desert (1994)
Himself
Just Visitng This Planet - Die Winterreise (1991)
Himself
Self Portrait (1990)
Himself
Herliche Wilkommen (1990)
Belladonna (1989)
Invocation Maya Deren (1987)
Mahagonny (1980)
Himself
Lost, Lost, Lost (1975)
Narrator
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Diaries, Notes and Sketches (1969)
Galaxie (1966)
XV Song Traits (1965)
Themselves
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1963)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
Cinematographer
Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR (2009)
Cinematographer
A Letter From Greenpoint (2005)
Cinematographer
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2001)
Cinematographer
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Cinematographer
Diaries, Notes and Sketches (1969)
Director of Photography
The Brig (1965)
Director of Photography
Empire (1965)
Camera
Guns of the Trees (1961)
Director of Photography

Writer (Feature Film)

Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
Screenplay
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2001)
Screenplay
Jonas in the Desert (1994)
Screenplay
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
Screenplay
Lost, Lost, Lost (1975)
Screenplay
Guns of the Trees (1961)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
Producer
Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR (2009)
Producer
A Letter From Greenpoint (2005)
Producer
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2001)
Producer
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
Producer
Lost, Lost, Lost (1975)
Producer
Diaries, Notes and Sketches (1969)
Producer
Guns of the Trees (1961)
Producer

Editing (Feature Film)

Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
Editor
A Letter From Greenpoint (2005)
Editor
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2001)
Editor
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
Editor
Lost, Lost, Lost (1975)
Editor
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Editor
Diaries, Notes and Sketches (1969)
Film Editor

Music (Feature Film)

Diaries, Notes and Sketches (1969)
Music

Sound (Feature Film)

A Letter From Greenpoint (2005)
Sound Department
European Diaries (1966)
Sound Editing

Production Designer (Feature Film)

Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR (2009)
Production Designer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Lost, Lost, Lost (1975)
Photography
Windflowers; The Story of a Draft Dodger (1968)
Other assistance

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Sleepless Nights Stories (2011)
Other
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2001)
Sound
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2001)
Other
Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (1999)
Other
Nico Icon (1995)
Other
Jonas in the Desert (1994)
Other
Lost, Lost, Lost (1975)
Sound
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Sound
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
Other

Cast (Special)

Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank (1986)

Misc. Crew (Special)

Gimme Some Truth: The Making of the "Imagine" Album (2000)
Archival Footage

Director (Short)

Notes on the Circus (1966)
Director
Cassis (1966)
Director

Cinematography (Short)

Notes on the Circus (1966)
Cinematographer
Cassis (1966)
Cinematographer

Editing (Short)

Notes on the Circus (1966)
Film Editor
Cassis (1966)
Film Editor

Life Events

1950

Immigrated to USA

Family

Adolfas Mekas
Brother
Filmmaker. Born 1925 in Lithuania.

Bibliography