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Jack Smith
Born 1932-11-14Columbus, Ohio, USA
Jack Smith was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack SmithHimself (archive footage)I Am DivineSelf (archive)Love ThingRoleFree Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmHimself (archive footage)Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver FactoryRoleJack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisSelf (archive footage)Two Wrenching DeparturesRoleStar Spangled to DeathThe Spirit Not of Life But of LivingBirth of a NationSelfShadows in the CitySpirit of DeathHome Movies 1971-81RoleThe Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom ManRoleThe Trap DoorDr. ShrinkelsteinThe Secret of Rented IslandRoleNight of the Dark Full MoonInmateThe Stone AgeRoleGerard Malanga's Film NotebooksSelfFilmmakersHimselfSong for RentRose CourtyardDiaries, Notes, and SketchesSelfThe Invasion of Thunderbolt PagodaRoleFlaming TwentiesRoleThe Illiac PassionOrpheusPoem PostersSelf