| LC control no. | n 90680030 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PG8749.M4 |
| Personal name heading | Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019 |
| Variant(s) | Mekas, Jonas |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1922-12 |
| Death date | 2019-01-23 |
| Place of birth | Semeniškiai (Panevėžio apskritis, Lithuania) |
| Place of death | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Independent films Experimental films |
| Profession or occupation | Independent filmmakers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Center for Creative Photography for Robert Frank miscellaneous acquisitions collection, 1967-[ongoing] (Jonas Mekas) LC data base, 8-9-90 (hdg.: Mekas, Jonas) Int. dic. of films and filmmakers, 1984 (Mekas, Jonas; Lithuanian-born filmmaker and journalist; b. 1922) New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 24, 2019 (in obituary published Jan. 23: Jonas Mekas; b. late Dec. 1922, Semeniskiai, Lithuania; sent to the U.S. after World War II by the International Refugee Organization and settled in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; d. Wednesday [Jan. 23, 2019], Brooklyn, aged 96; filmmaker, curator, archivist, critic, and all-around evangelist for independently made movies in general, and for those variously known as experimental, underground, or avant-garde in particular) |
| Associated language | eng lit |
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