Adolfas Mekas

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Adolfas Mekas
Born	(1925-09-30)30 September 1925 Semeniškiai, Lithuania
Died	31 May 2011(2011-05-31) (aged 85) Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
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.