Adolfas Mekas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adolfas Mekas

Lithuanian film director

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1925

Place of Birth: Biržai District Municipality, Panevėžys County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 31-May-2011

Profession: writer, university teacher, film director, children's writer, film editor

Nationality: United States, Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Adolfas Mekas (30 September 1925 – 31 May 2011) was a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, director, editor, actor and educator.
With his brother Jonas Mekas, he founded the magazine Film Culture, as well as the Film-Makers' Cooperative and was associated with George Maciunas and the Fluxus art movement at its beginning.
He made several short films, culminating in the feature Hallelujah the Hills in 1963, which was played at the Cannes Film Festival of that year and is now considered a classic of American film.