Adolfas Mekas

Biography

Adolfas Mekas was a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, director, and educator born in Semeniskiai, Lithuania on September 30th, 1925. He collaborated with his brother Jonas to establish Film Culture magazine and the Film-Makers' Cooperative, exploring experimental film through his work in the Fluxus art movement. Mekas's feature film "Hallelujah the Hills" (1963) is now considered a classic of American cinema, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.