Jonas Mekas (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈjonɐs ˈmækɐs]; born December 24, 1922) is a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, and curator who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema." His work has been exhibited in museums and festivals across Europe and America.
In 1944, Mekas left Lithuania because of war. En route, his train was stopped in Germany and he and his brother, Adolfas Mekas (1925-2011), were imprisoned in a labor camp in Elmshorn, a suburb of Hamburg, for eight months. The brothers escaped and were detained near the Danish border where they hid on a farm for two months until the end of the war.
After the war, Mekas lived in displaced person camps in Wiesbaden and Kassel. From 1946-48, he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz and at the end of 1949, he emigrated with his brother to the U.S., settling in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. Two weeks after his arrival, he borrowed the money to buy his first Bolex 16-mm camera and began to record moments of his life. He discovered avant-garde film at venues such as Amos Vogel’s pioneering Cinema 16, and he began screening his own films in 1953 at Gallery East on Avenue A and Houston Street, and a Film Forum series at Carl Fisher Auditorium on 57th Street.
MOCAtv Presents 'In Focus' - Jonas Mekas - The Artist's Studio
Jonas Mekas: As I was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Jonas Mekas - Pleasures Of Montauk May 26th 1973
"A Happy Man" by Jonas Mekas
Paris Hilton by Jonas Mekas
BOZAR interviews Jonas Mekas
The Velvet Underground's First Appearance (Jonas Mekas, 1964)
Jonas Mekas on Britney Spears Shaving her Head
Entrevista con Jonas Mekas
Walden - Jonas Mekas (Tim's place)
At Home with Jonas Mekas
Walden by Jonas Mekas (extract) music: Luigi Porto
Song of Avignon - Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas apie savo naujausią filmą bei Lietuvos kultūros politikos aktualijas
MOCAtv Presents 'In Focus' - Jonas Mekas - The Artist's Studio
Jonas Mekas: As I was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Jonas Mekas - Pleasures Of Montauk May 26th 1973
"A Happy Man" by Jonas Mekas
Paris Hilton by Jonas Mekas
BOZAR interviews Jonas Mekas
The Velvet Underground's First Appearance (Jonas Mekas, 1964)
Jonas Mekas on Britney Spears Shaving her Head
Entrevista con Jonas Mekas
Walden - Jonas Mekas (Tim's place)
At Home with Jonas Mekas
Walden by Jonas Mekas (extract) music: Luigi Porto
Song of Avignon - Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas apie savo naujausią filmą bei Lietuvos kultūros politikos aktualijas
Jonas Mekas : Imperfect Film
Walden - Jonas Mekas (Notes on the circus)
Correspondències: José Luis Guerín - Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas Leave Chelsea Hotel
The Brig - Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas / "Meanwhile, a butterfly flies"
Jonas Mekas (interview pt. 1): Birth of a Nation . spanish
Jonas Mekas 16.10.2013 / CINEMATEK
Jonas Mekas : A Visit to Stan Brakage
A Talk with Avandgarde Film Maker Jonas Mekas in NYC, Oct. 2010
Jonas Mekas - A Walk (1990)
why we like Jonas Mekas? / skype interview and so, 2012
Jonas Mekas: Entre lo underground y la no ficción en primera persona
Zefiro Torna (Mekas Jonas, 1992)
JONAS MEKAS pelicula completa audio español homenaje de las 5 crisis a Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas dans Tracks (12 mars 2013)
Užupio kronikos. 1997 12 28. Jonas Mekas, Užupio mišios
Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR / Lietuva ir SSRS žlugimas part 1
Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR / Lietuva ir SSRS žlugimas part 2
Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR / Lietuva ir SSRS žlugimas part 3
Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR / Lietuva ir SSRS žlugimas part 4
Jonas Mekas (interview pt. 2): I Was Moving Ahead . spanish
Guns of the Trees 1961 DVDRip x264
Logic of the World: The Poetics of Robert Kelly 1—Mekas/Bui/Joris
An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg [2006] - (FULL MOVIE)
Conversations | The Future of Artistic Practice | The Artist as Poet
"American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986" - 1/2
butoh show tribute to Kazuo Ohno Buenos Aires
JACK SMITH @ Boo-Hooray: The Full Tour
Dr Carl G Jung or Lapis Philosophorum
Jonas Mekas interview Lucca 2008
Rabbit TV: James Franco and Rob Pruitt Art Interviews with Jonas Mekas and MM Serra, Part 1
Rabbit TV: James Franco and Rob Pruitt Art Interviews with Jonas Mekas and MM Serra, Part 2
Rabbit TV: James Franco and Rob Pruitt Art Interviews with Jonas Mekas and MM Serra, Part 3
INTERVIEW WITH JONAS MEKAS 2014
Interview / Jonas Mekas interjú
Excerpt from James Franco and Rob Pruitt Art Interviews with Jonas Mekas and MM Serra
Jonas Mekas talks about Underground Cinema. Part I