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Adolfas Mekas | |
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Born | Semeniškiai, Lithuania | 30 September 1925
Died | 31 May 2011 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. | (aged 85)
Resting place | Bard College Cemetery, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York |
Spouse |
Pola Chapelle (m. 1965) |
Children | Sean mekas |
Relatives | Jonas Mekas (brother) |
Adolfas Mekas (30 September 1925 – 31 May 2011) was a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, director, editor, actor and educator. With his brother Jonas Mekas, he founded the magazine Film Culture, as well as the Film-Makers' Cooperative and was associated with George Maciunas and the Fluxus art movement at its beginning. He made several short films, culminating in the feature Hallelujah the Hills in 1963,[1] which was played at the Cannes Film Festival of that year and is now considered a classic of American film.