- Naissance
- Décédé(e)23 janvier 2019 · Brooklyn, New York, États-Unis (causes naturelles)
- Jonas Mekas est né le 24 décembre 1922 en Lithuanie. Il était réalisateur et directeur de la photographie. Il est connu pour The Brig (1964), As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) et He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986). Il était marié à Hollis Melton. Il est mort le 23 janvier 2019 dans l'état de New York, États-Unis.
- Conjoint(e)Hollis Melton(June 7, 1974 - ?) (divorcé, 2 enfants)
- ParentsElzbieta MekasPovilas Mekas
- Was in German labor camps during WWII. After the war he spent time in Germany as a displaced person, settling in New York City in 1949.
- In 1958, he became the first movie critic for The Village Voice.
- Founded the magazine "Film Culture".
- Used to film with an old Bolex camera.
- Left Lithuania at the age of 22.
- In Lithuania, I am known as a poet, and they don't care about my cinema. In Europe they don't know my poetry; in Europe, I am a filmmaker. But here, in the United States, I am only a maverick!
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