Adolfas Mekas

Adolfas Mekas
Born(1925-09-30)30 September 1925
Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Died31 May 2011(2011-05-31) (aged 85)
Resting placeBard College Cemetery, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Spouse
Pola Chapelle
(m. 1965)
ChildrenSean mekas
RelativesJonas 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.

  1. ^ Alpert, Lukas I. (June 2, 2011). "Avante-Garde Filmmaker Mekas". Daily News. New York, NY. p. 30. Retrieved August 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon