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Gregory J. Markopoulos
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12 Mar 1928
† 12 Nov 1992
Toledo, Ohio
Biography
Gregory J. Markopoulos (March 12, 1928 - November 12, 1992) was an American experimental filmmaker. Born in Toledo, Ohio to Greek immigrant parents, Markopoulos began making 8 mm films at an early age. He attended USC Film School in the late 1940s, and went on to become a co-founder — with Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Stan Brakhage and others — of the New American Cinema movement. He was as well a contributor to Film Culture magazine, and an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1967, ...
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Gregory J. Markopoulos's Movies
72%
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
01 Mar 1968
61%
From the Notebook of...
11 Feb 1972
64%
The Hedge Theater
17 Nov 2002
37%
The Illiac Passion
30 Dec 1967
60%
Swain
31 Dec 1950
63%
Birth of a Nation
06 Aug 1997
60%
Sotiros
05 Feb 2000
100%
A Christmas Carol
01 Jan 1940
60%
Dionysus
21 Dec 1964
70%
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
07 Dec 1964
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Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death
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Early Monthly Segments
09 Sept 2003
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The Painting
01 Jan 1972
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Winged Dialogue
30 Dec 1967
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Heads
19 Dec 1969
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The Dead Ones
17 Jan 1967
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Political Portraits
01 Jan 1969
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The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
04 Sept 1965
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Spiracle
29 Dec 1967
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Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J.Markopoulos
31 Dec 1987