Jonas Mekas
Director · 1 film

Jonas Mekas

1961 · 24 December 1922, d. 2019 · Semeniškiai, Lithuania

Jonas Mekas (24-12-1922 - 23-1-2019) was born in the farming village of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. In 1944, he and his brother Adolfas were taken by the Nazis to a forced labor camp in Elmshorn, Germany. After the War he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz. At the end of 1949 the UN Refugee Organization brought both brothers to New York City, where they settled down in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Career Signature

How Jonas Mekas’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.