August 8, 2018 – 6:09 pm.

Jonas Mekas is dead at 96; the world is now a lesser place. Influential figure in American underground cinema, as a perceptive critic and a maker of films that celebrated ‘little moments of paradise’ in his life. He helped create the field of experimental cinema, and proceeded to curate, theorize, defend, promote, archive, and preserve it.

As an artist, filmmaker, film critic, poet, curator, archivist and guru, he quickly became a revolutionary figure in American underground cinema.

Against all economic odds and logic he founded or co-founded the Filmmakers Coop, the Anthology Film Archive, and Film Culture magazine. Tweet Jonas Mekas, founder of the Anthology Film Archives, in the Anthology cinema room, New York, 1990. Jonas Mekas - An Obituary February 02, 2019 Jonas Mekas – Film-maker, artist, poet.

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2014 file photo, Lithuanian-born director Jonas Mekas attend the Whitney Museum Gala in New York. Jonas Mekas and Friends In Concert – Berlin – July 7, 2018.

Jonas Mekas, ‘Godfather’ of Avant-Garde, Dies at 96 The Lithuanian-born director, critic, patron and poet is widely regarded as the godfather of modern American avant-garde film … Jonas Mekas obituary. Widely regarded as the “godfather of avant-garde cinema,” Jonas Mekas has died at the age of 96. Jonas Mekas, 'godfather' of avant-garde, dies at 96 FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2014 file photo, Lithuanian-born director Jonas Mekas attend the Whitney Museum Gala in New York. Jonas Mekas Anthology Film Archives Jonas Mekas, the Lithuania-born, New York-based “godfather of American avant-garde cinema”, has died aged 96, his gallery, James Fuentes, confirms. from Jonas Mekas', "Walden: Diaries, Notes, and Sketches" (1964) "Poet and hero of the American counter-culture, Jonas Mekas, born in Lithuania in 1922, invented the … Born December 24 1922 ; died January 23 2019 Jonas Mekas, who has died aged 96, was both a pioneer and a provocateur of avant-garde film. By Jonas | Comments (0) | Permalink


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