Jonas Mekas
Directing · Director · Editor · Director of Photography
Born Dec 24, 1922 · Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Active 1961–2019 · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Lithuanian National Prize, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Doctor Honoris Causa at the Vytautas Magnus University, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, honorary citizen of Biržai District Municipality, Order for Merits to Lithuania
Jonas Mekas (24-12-1922 - 23-1-2019) 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.
Filmography
A Mixtape for Stom (2025)As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) — Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer · Cinematography · EditorReminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972) — Director · Cinematography · Writer · EditorDiaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) — Director · Cinematography · Writer · EditorSong of Avignon (1998) — Director · WriterStep Across the Border (1990) — Butterfly WingHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) — Director · Writer · Cinematography · EditorFilmstudio, mon amour (2015) — Sé stessoLost, Lost, Lost (1976) — Director · Writer · Editor · CinematographyGuns of the Trees (1961) — Writer · Director · Cinematography · EditorParadise Not Yet Lost (1979) — Director365 Day Project (2007) — DirectorElvis Live at Madison Square Garden (1972) — Director · Camera Operator · WriterThe Definition of Insanity (2005)Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections (1990) — Director · Editor · CinematographyYoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera (2016) — Director‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974)Notes on the Circus (1967) — Director · Editor · Director of PhotographyWTC Haikus (2010) — Director · Producer · Director of Photography · EditorCinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin (2011) — DirectorDiane the Zebra Woman (1962)Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR (2009) — DirectorSelf-Portrait (1980) — DirectorFilm Magazine of the Arts (1965) — Director · Editor · Cinematography