Jonas Mekas
Lithuanian filmmaker (1922–2019)
0.72body-of-work score · ranked #1199 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 24, 1922 · Biržai
- Died
- January 23, 2019 · Brooklyn
- Nationality
- Lithuania, United States
- Work
- film director, poet, screenwriter, artist
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
2000 · United States · documentary
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #225
0.381 citation - 2
1972 · United States / United Kingdom / Germany · documentary
National Film Registry (inducted 2006) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.342 citations
Complete filmography
All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1961Guns of the Trees
- 1964The Brig
- 1966Cassis
- 1966Report from Millbrook
- 1968Walden
- 1972Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
- 1981Travel Songs
- 1982Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
- 2000As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
- 200942 One Dream Rush
- 2011Sleepless Nights Stories