Adolfas Mekas

Career Overview

Adolfas Mekas has 44 screen credits in a career dating back to 1951. Signature works include Journey to Lithuania, Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel, An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 44
Birth Date: 1925-09-30
Birth Place: Semeniškiai, Lithuania

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Jonas Mekas (3 collaborations)
Pola Chapelle (2 collaborations)
Hollis Melton (1 collaborations)
Frances Stillman (1 collaborations)
Ben Carruthers (1 collaborations)
Argus Spear Juillard (1 collaborations)
Frank Kuenstler (1 collaborations)
Louis Brigante (1 collaborations)
Sudie Bond (1 collaborations)
Leonard Hicks (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (22 credits)
- Heretic
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- 3 Friends Singing (...in the Desert)
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Sleepless Nights Stories
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
  Himself (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- 365 Day Project
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Certain Women
  Hilda's Papa
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Birth of a Nation
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- The Genius
  Dr. Corbin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Lost, Lost, Lost
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Going Home
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Up Your Legs Forever
  Self - Legs
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Journey to Lithuania
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- Windflowers
  Card Player
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- A Matter of Baobab
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- Underground New York
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- Guns of the Trees
  Gregory
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1961
editing (9 credits)
- Going Home
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1972
- Compañeras and Compañeros
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1970
- Windflowers
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1968
- An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1967
- The Love Merchant
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1966
- The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1965
- Goldstein
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1965
- The Brig
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1964
- Hallelujah the Hills
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1963
directing (8 credits)
- Going Home
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Compañeras and Compañeros
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- Windflowers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- An Interview with the Ambassador from Lapland
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
  director
  
  directing
  
  1965
- Skyscraper
  director
  
  directing
  
  1965
- Hallelujah the Hills
  director
  
  directing
  
  1963
- Antifilm #2
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
production (1 credits)
- The Orchid
  production coordinator
  
  production
  
  1971
writing (3 credits)
- Windflowers
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1968
- The Double-Barrelled Detective Story
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1965
- Hallelujah the Hills
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1963
sound (1 credits)
- Windflowers
  music
  
  sound
  
  1968