Adolfas Mekas

Adolfas Mekas (born 1925 in Lithuania) is a Lithuanian film director, and brother of Jonas Mekas.

Prior to the World War II, Mekas and his brother Jonas Mekas had set up a theatre. Later, in a camp for displaced persons, they studied with a teacher of the Stanislavsky System. [cite book | last=Sitney |first=P. Adams | title=Visionary Film | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1979| isbn=0195024869 |pages=345] The brothers emigrating to the United States in 1949 and studied with Hans Richter before establishing Film Culture magazine in 1955. [cite book | last=Sitney |first=P. Adams | title=Visionary Film | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1979| isbn=0195024869 |pages=341]

Adolfas Mekas directed a number of films including "Hallelujah The Hills" and "Going Home", both of which are considered landmarks of the New American Cinema movement. [ [http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0347,halter2,48742,20.html Village Voice retrospective review of "Hallelujah the Hills"] by Ed Halter] [ [http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/27/sixtiescinema1.html American Independent Cinema of the 60's] from Bright Lights Film Journal] In 1971 Adolfas Mekas joined the newly formed film department at Bard College, which was soon dubbed the "Peoples' Film Department" under his Chairmanship. He continued to teach at Bard until retiring in May 2004.

elected filmography

*"Hallelujah the Hills" (1963)
*"The Brig" (1964) (with Jonas Mekas)
*"Skyscraper" (1965)
*"The Double-Barreled Detective Story" (1965)
*"Windflowers" (1968)
*"Campeneras and Campaneros" (1970)
*"Going Home" (1971)

References

External links

* [http://www.hallelujaheditions.com/ Hallelujah Editions]
* [http://inside.bard.edu/film_elect/faculty/mekas.shtml Excerpts from "Hallelujah the Hills"]