Gregory J. Markopoulos
Birthday
1928/03/12
Day of death
1992/11/12 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Toledo, Ohio
Also know as
Gregory Markopoulos
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, ...Read more
Acting
Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death
as The Wanderer
(2002) The Hedge Theater
as Himself
(2003) Early Monthly Segments
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(1972) The Painting
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(1967) Winged Dialogue
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(1969) Heads
as Self
(1967) The Illiac Passion
as Narrator / The Filmmaker
(1950) Swain
as the protagonist, Swain
(1967) The Dead Ones
as Paul
(1940) A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
(1997) Birth of a Nation
as Self
(1964) Dionysus
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(1972) From the Notebook of...
as Himself
(1969) Political Portraits
as Narrator (voice)
(1965) The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
as Narrator (voice)
(1965) Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
as Self
(2013) Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
(1967) Spiracle
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(2000) Sotiros
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