Jonas Mekas Movies

I made this little film portrait of Dreyer on the 17th of September 1965, in New York. He said he was very interested in what I was trying to do in...

A short film portrait of legendary filmmaker Jonas Mekas, talking about the Buddha and the meaning of life.

"Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas / Version 1": this is the last filmed interview of Jonas Mekas. This is a last gift from Jonas to us.

Screen test for Andy Warhol, 1966

"Made for a billboard project in Luxembourg, a project that never became reality, this video is an exercise in silence and sound." - Jonas Mekas

Jerome Hill had a little outdoor theater on the shore of the Mediterranean. Usually he brought over some musicians, like the Julliard Quartet. But in...

In February 2004, after 30 years of my life in SoHo, I made a decision to leave SoHo and move to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This video is about what it...

A collection of intimate thoughts, read aloud, that become the soundtrack of one of Jonas Mekas beautiful film journals.

Footage of Orchard Street from 1953 and 1975, put together for an opening of James Fuentes Gallery in 2010 on Delancey Street. You see the commercial...

Imperfect 3-Image Films | EUA, 1995, 16 mm, pb-cor, 6' ... MOCAtv Presents 'In Focus' - Jonas Mekas - The Artist's Studio by MOCA 9,101 .

A very rare film "manifesto" by Mekas made in 1968 in New York, in the activist spirit of positive revolutionary change; his source for inspiration...

Filmed in 1967 (camera: Gideon Bachmann), edited in 2009. I exit Chelsea Hotel and proceed towards Seventh Avenue where I catch a taxi. From 1967 to...

I filmed the young Bibi Hansen in 1966 as a screen test for a film I wanted to make out the life of a young girl growing up in New York. The film was...

Scenes from the life and work of independent film-makers. Includes Douglas Gordon, Peter Hutton, Ken Jacobs, Alexander Kluge, Harmony Korine, Peter...

Jonas Mekas reflects on his life.

A short film from Jonas Mekas depicting an afternoon in New York of people joining in singing "Hare Hare"

Jonas Mekas at Zebulon, a music bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, dedicating his 365 day series to Petrarca (1304-1374) the poet who wrote 365 poems to...

Jonas, Birgit and Anja are leaving for the Brooklyn Bridge. By taxi, buying beer, drinking in the street, joking, running, dancing on the bridge. It...

A short film by Maria Lassnig, shot in 1970.

In May 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their famous Bed-In For Peace event. It was attended by many of their close friends, including Timothy...