Maker/Artist
Mekas, Jonas
American and Lithuanian filmmaker and poet, 1922-2019
Filmmaker, curator, archivist, critic and spokesperson for films variously known as experimental, underground, or avant-garde. Beginning in 1958, he wrote a column, Movie Journal, for The Village Voice. He founded the magazine Film Culture with his brother Adolfas Mekas, published quarterly from 1955 to 1996. He co-founded and both the Film-Maker's Cooperative and the Anthology Film Archive. He was active almost entirely in New York City from 1949.
