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 — DirectorWatts with Eggs (1967) — DirectorIn Search of the Miraculous (1967) — Camera OperatorChelsea Girls (1966) — MotherLights (1966) — DirectorBitch (1965)The Life of Juanita Castro (1965) — Juanita CastroAndy Warhol (1965) — Director · CinematographyPrison (1965)Go! Go! Go! (1964) — DirectorDionysus (1964) — CinematographyWrestling (1964) — Director · WriterNotebook (1963) — DirectorMoonplay (1962) — Director · CinematographyArabesque for Kenneth Anger (1961) — Director · CinematographyEye Music in Red Major (1961) — DirectorMood Mondrian (1961) — DirectorDwightiana (1959) — DirectorNarcissus (1957) — SibylGlimpse of the Garden (1957) — DirectorHurry, Hurry! (1957) — DirectorImage in the Snow (1952) — Mother · CinematographyVisual Variations on Noguchi (1945) — DirectorThe Geography of the Body (1943) — Body · Cinematography