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Gregory J. Markopoulos

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Gregory J. Markopoulos

Born March 12, 1928 in Toledo, OhioDied November 12, 199248 films

Gregory J. Markopoulos (March 12, 1928 - November 12, 1992) was an American experimental filmmaker. Born in Toledo, Ohio to Greek immigrant parents, Markopoulos began making 8 mm films at an early age. He attended USC Film School in the late 1940s, and went on to become a co-founder — with Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Stan Brakhage and others — of the New American Cinema movement. He was as well a contributor to Film Culture magazine, and an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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In 1967, he and his partner Robert Beavers left the United States for permanent residence in Europe. Once ensconced in self-imposed exile, Markopoulos withdrew his films from circulation, refused any interviews, and insisted that a chapter about him be removed from the second edition of Visionary Film, P. Adams Sitney's seminal study of American avant-garde cinema. While he continued to make films, his work went largely unseen for almost 30 years.

Filmography

48 films as director
  1. TBAOf Blood, of Pleasure and of DeathDirector
  2. TBABliss (Eniaios edit)Director
  3. 1997EniaiosDirector
  4. 1976ProsopographiaDirector
  5. 1975Gilbert and GeorgeDirector
  6. 1973Index – Hans RichterDirector
  7. 1973HeraclesDirector
  8. 1973Hagiographia IIDirector
  9. 1972The Divine DamnationDirector
  10. 1971Saint ActeonDirector
  11. 1971Doldertal 7Director
  12. 197135, boulevard General KoenigDirector
  13. 1971Cimabue! Cimabue!Director
  14. 1970MomentDirector
  15. 1970HagiographiaDirector
  16. 1970AlphDirector
  17. 1970GeniusDirector
  18. 1969SorrowsDirector
  19. 1969Hulda ZumstegDirector
  20. 1969The OlympianDirector
  21. 1969Political PortraitsDirector
  22. 1968(A)lter (A)ctionDirector
  23. 1968GammelionDirector
  24. 1968The MysteriesDirector
  25. 1968Der SchachtelDirector
  26. 1967The Illiac PassionDirector
  27. 1967Himself as HerselfDirector
  28. 1967BlissDirector
  29. 1967Through a Lens Brightly: Mark TurbyfillDirector
  30. 1967Twice A Man TwiceDirector
  31. 1967Eros, O BasileusDirector
  32. 1967The Dead OnesDirector
  33. 1966Ming GreenDirector
  34. 1966GalaxieDirector
  35. 1966Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’Director
  36. 1965The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)Director
  37. 1964Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’Director
  38. 1963Twice a ManDirector
  39. 1961SerenityDirector
  40. 1953EldoraDirector
  41. 1951Flowers of AsphaltDirector
  42. 1950SwainDirector
  43. 1950JackdawDirector
  44. 1949Christmas U.S.A.Director
  45. 1949CharmidesDirector
  46. 1949LysisDirector
  47. 1948PsycheDirector
  48. 1940A Christmas CarolDirector