Person file · Directing
Nam June Paik
Born 1932-07-20Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Nam June Paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He coined the phrase "Information Superhighway" in 1974, and has been called the "father of video art."
Screen work
Movies & roles
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVSelf (archive footage)TapesRoleKill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video ArtRoleGeorge: The Story of George Maciunas and FluxusSelf (archive footage)Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmHimself (archive footage)Re: Maciunas and FluxusRoleJoseph Beuys - Coyote IIIHimself365 Day ProjectSelfNam June Paik: Lessons from the Video MasterSelf (archive footage)Winter in Miami 2005SelfNam June Paik: The Tiger LivesSelfAs I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautySelfApril is the Cruelest MonthSelfSexual HealingSelf"Topless Cellist" Charlotte MoormanRoleThe Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the NinetiesSelfThe Misfits - 30 Years of FluxusSelfBack to Fucking CambridgeAnton von WebernBye Bye KiplingSelfHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage)All Star VideoSelfHome Movies 1971-81RoleTrip to KoreaRolePersistence of VisionSelf