Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019
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Name (Latin)
Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019
Other forms of name
Mekas, Jonas, 1922-
Mekas, Jonas
Date of birth
1922-12-24
Date of death
2019-01-23
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Experimental films
Independent films
Occupation
Independent filmmakers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 24, 2019(in obituary published Jan. 23: Jonas Mekas; b. late Dec. 1922, Semeniskiai, Lithuania; sent to the U.S. after World War II by the International Refugee Organization and settled in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; d. Wednesday [Jan. 23, 2019], Brooklyn, aged 96; filmmaker, curator, archivist, critic, and all-around evangelist for independently made movies in general, and for those variously known as experimental, underground, or avant-garde in particular)
- AG. LCN 2017
- NUCMC data from Center for Creative Photography for Robert Frank miscellaneous acquisitions collection, 1967-[ongoing](Jonas Mekas)
- LC data base, 8-9-90(hdg.: Mekas, Jonas)
- Int. dic. of films and filmmakers, 1984(Mekas, Jonas; Lithuanian-born filmmaker and journalist; b. 1922)