★ Acting
1925 – 2011
· Semeniškiai, Lithuania
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Active 1951–2019
Adolfas Mekas, born in 1924 in Semeniskiai, Lithuania, was a pivotal figure in the experimental film movement. He appears in Guns of the Trees (1961), a work that reflects his anarchic spirit and innovative storytelling. As a collaborator with his brother Jonas Mekas, he helped shape the landscape of American avant-garde cinema through initiatives like Film Culture and the Film-Maker’s Cooperative. Mekas's contributions to the New American Cinema movement in the 1960s solidified his status as a key player in the evolution of independent filmmaking.
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Guns of the Trees
1961
★ 7.4
as Gregory
A depressed woman, Barbara, is on the verge of suicide while a man she meets in a church and a married couple try to convince her that life is worth living.
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Filmography
43 credits
2010s
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2000s
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1990s
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1980s
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1970s
4 credits
1960s
7 credits
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1970s
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1960s
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1950s
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