Person
Jack Smith
Directing · 1932–1989 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
The Andy Griffith Show
Himself
I Am Divine
Self (archive)
Batman Dracula
Batman / Dracula
Love Thing
2012
Chumlum
1963
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Inmate
Birth of a Nation
Self
Joan of Arc
Self
The Stone Age
1970
Filmography
- 2017Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack SmithHimself (archive footage)
- 2014I Am DivineSelf (archive)
- 2012Love Thing
- 2008Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
- 2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisSelf (archive footage)
- 2006Two Wrenching Departures
- 2004Star Spangled to DeathThe Spirit Not of Life But of Living
- 1997Birth of a NationSelf
- 1991Shadows in the CitySpirit of Death
- 1985Home Movies 1971-81
- 1981The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
- 1981Lucky Landlordism of Lobster LagoonDirector
- 1980The Trap DoorDr. Shrinkelstein
- 1980Hot Air SpecialistsDirector
- 1978The Secret of Rented Island
- 1972Night of the Dark Full MoonInmate
- 1970The Stone Age
- 1970Gerard Malanga's Film NotebooksSelf
- 1970WinoDirector
- 1969No PresidentDirector
- 1969FilmmakersHimself
- 1969Song for RentRose Courtyard
- 1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesSelf
- 1968The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
- 1968Flaming Twenties
- 1968Normal Love Addendum ReelDirector
- 1967The Illiac PassionOrpheus
- 1967Poem PostersSelf
- 1967Joan of ArcSelf
- 1967I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....
- 1967Jungle IslandDirector
- 1966SatisfactionGod
- 1966Hedysoothsayer
- 1966In the Grip of the Lobster ClawDirector
- 1966Respectable CreaturesDirector
- 1965The Yellow SequenceDirector
- 1965Andy Warhol Screen TestsSelf
- 1965Camp
- 1965Normal LoveDirector
- 1965Dirt
- 1965Electrolux Lover
- 1964Jeremelu
- 1964The Devil is Dead
- 1964Batman DraculaBatman / Dracula
- 1964Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph”Batman
- 1964Batman Dracula – “Jack Gerard Smoking”
- 1964The Soap Opera
- 1964Screen Test: Jack SmithHimself
- 1964Lovers of Eternity
- 1963Chumlum
- 1963Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"Self
- 1963Little Stabs at HappinessHimself
- 1963OverstimulatedDirector
- 1963Flaming CreaturesDirector of Photography
- 1963Blonde CobraMadame Nescience
- 1962Scotch TapeDirector
- 1961The Death of P'townFairy Vampire
- 1960The Andy Griffith ShowHimself
- 1956Saturday Afternoon Blood SacrificeCult leader
- 1956Little Cobra Dance
- —The Bubble People
- —Zombie of Uncle PawnshopDirector
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