Jonas Mekas Movies

Shot in 1950 upon arriving in America, Mekas did not edit and present the footage until 2003 making this both his first and last film shot on 16mm.

A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our friendship. Footage includes early performances in...

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

The life and work of Fluxus artist George Maciunas as seen in clips filmed between 1952 and 1978.

Screen test for Andy Warhol, 1966

Reflections on my 1966 trip to Avignon that helped me to survive a deep crisis I was going through. Texts from my diaries of that period on the...

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...

The video traces the history of the Factory, describes the activities that took place in it, and the historical context. Actual locations are shown...

A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.

The film is arranged in six chronologically-ordered parts, each filmed in a different location during Oona's third year.

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Jackie Raynal, originally aired 29 May 2016.

In late 1966 I visited Stan Brakhage in Rollinsville, Colorado. This is a portrait of Stan at home, with his family, his animals, and the...

Jonas Mekas shows us the five Bolex cameras that he used to make all his films, 1950-2000. They also helped other filmmakers (Jack Smith, Gregory...

This very special film features a carefully curated selection of some of the priceless messages that have graced Anthology’s voicemail system...

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...

MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

In 1967, I decided to visit Avila where I had an enlightening experience.

Mekas lived in SoHo for a long time, and the towers naturally kept popping up: when he would film his friends on the street, hippie happenings on...

"Consisting of a poetic stream of razor-sharp images, the overt content of SENSELESS portrays ecstatic travelers going to pot over the fantasies and...

The real history of the cinema is the invisible history – history of friends getting together doing the thing the love – for us the...