Person
Tony Conrad
Directing · 1940–2016 · Concord, New Hampshire, USA
Biography
Anthony Schmalz "Tony" Conrad was an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both structural film and drone music. He performed and collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of his career, most prominently La Monte Young's 1960s New York experimental music group Theatre of Eternal Music.
Known for
The Velvet Underground
Self (voice)
Coming Attractions
Director of Photography
This Is Cosmos
Thanks
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
Chumlum
Music Director
365 Day Project
Self
Birth of a Nation
Self
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Library
Sound
Joan of Arc
Self
Filmography
- 2021The Velvet UndergroundSelf (voice)
- 2017Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack SmithHimself (archive footage)
- 2016Tony Conrad: Completely in the PresentHimself
- 2014This Is CosmosThanks
- 2012The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
- 2012Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael CohenSelf
- 2011Loose ConnectionDirector
- 2008Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
- 2007365 Day ProjectSelf
- 2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisSelf
- 2005Conversation IIDirector
- 2005Ten Years Alive on the Infinite PlainDirector
- 2003Grading Tips for TeachersHimself
- 2002Music in the AfternoonSelf
- 2002Scanty ClausMrs. Claus
- 2000Grandma Baba and Little BorisOld Bandy Legs
- 1997Birth of a NationSelf
- 1993The GeniusDirk Dirkson
- 1988The A Ha! ExperienceCamera Operator
- 1988Vidi Vici: Narrative and the death of desireDirector
- 1987Hey BudCamera Operator
- 1986Weak Bodies and Strong WillsDirector
- 1985Home Movies 1971-81
- 1985In Line
- 1985Run Dick, Run JaneDirector
- 1983Beholden to VictoryDirector
- 1982Palace of Error
- 1981Accordion
- 1980Teddy Tells Jokes
- 1977Tiding over till Tomorrow
- 1977Concord UltimatumDirector
- 1977Cycles of 3s and 7sDirector
- 1977Movie ShowDirector
- 1975Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film OpticalsDirector
- 1974Film FeedbackDirector
- 19737302 CreoleDirector
- 19734-X AttackDirector
- 19737360 SukiyakiDirector
- 1971Four SquareDirector
- 1970Straight and NarrowDirector
- 1970Coming AttractionsDirector of Photography
- 1970LibrarySound
- 1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesSelf
- 1968The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
- 1967Joan of ArcSelf
- 1967The Eye of Count FlickersteinDirector
- 1966The FlickerDirector
- 1965Normal LoveMummy
- 1963ChumlumMusic Director
- 1963Flaming CreaturesSound
- 1961The Autumn FeastMusic
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