Marie Menken
Directing · Director · Cinematography · Writer
Born May 25, 1909 · New York, New York
Active 1943–1970
Marie Menken was born Marie Menkevicius in New York City on May 25, 1909, the daughter of Catholic Lithuanian immigrants. She grew up in Brooklyn with a brother and a sister, in a home used to frequent financial difficulties.
Filmography
For Leo Castelli — DirectorNarcissus (1957) — SibylChelsea Girls (1966) — MotherGo! Go! Go! (1964) — DirectorBitch (1965)Lights (1966) — DirectorThe Life of Juanita Castro (1965) — Juanita CastroArabesque for Kenneth Anger (1961) — Director · CinematographyGlimpse of the Garden (1957) — DirectorNotebook (1963) — DirectorVisual Variations on Noguchi (1945) — DirectorThe Geography of the Body (1943) — Body · CinematographyHurry, Hurry! (1957) — DirectorDionysus (1964) — CinematographyMoonplay (1962) — Director · CinematographyEye Music in Red Major (1961) — DirectorAndy Warhol (1965) — Director · CinematographyImage in the Snow (1952) — Mother · CinematographyWatts with Eggs (1967) — DirectorIn Search of the Miraculous (1967) — Camera OperatorPrison (1965)Dwightiana (1959) — DirectorWrestling (1964) — Writer · DirectorMood Mondrian (1961) — Director