Jonas Mekas Movies

Filmed by Jonas Mekas from the 44th floor of the Time-Life Building, “Empire” explores the passage of time without the use of characters...

The story of Tiny Tim’s improbable rise to stardom is the ultimate fairytale - and so is that of his downfall. For a brief time, the shy and...

On October 9th, 1972 an exhibition of John Lennon/Yoko Ono's art, designed by the Master of the Fluxus movement, George Maciunas, opened at the...

The film icon/Andy Warhol darling is interviewed is his legendary cluttered apartment.

An egg-sorting woman shrugs off even the appearance of Christ. From Isaak Babel story.

Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.

Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...

Peter Sempel's masterful poetic film tribute to butoh performer Kazuo Ohno.

A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to...

A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

Self Discovery for Social Survival is a collaborative surf and music film produced by Brooklyn based record label, Mexican Summer and Pilgrim Surf +...

Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.

A newsreel of Jonas Mekas shooting his filmed version of The Brig on the set of the Living Theatre production.

Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents...

Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

Video diary film by Jonas Mekas, premiered at the British Film Institute on December 5, 2017.

... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William...

Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016

An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

Documentary on Andy Warhol's cinema of the sixties, made for Channel 4 in association with The Factory, MOMA and the Whitney Museum of Art and in...