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Gregory J. Markopoulos

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. 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.


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Born:
Mar 12, 1928 In Toledo, Ohio
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie A Christmas Carol 1940-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Early Monthly Segments 2003-09-09
Known For
Poster of The Painting
Poster of The Dead Ones
Poster of Swain
Poster of A Christmas Carol
Filmography
Movie Early Monthly Segments 2003-09-09
Movie The Hedge Theater Himself 2002-11-17
Movie Birth of a Nation Self 1997-08-06
Movie Lost, Lost, Lost Himself 1976-09-14
Movie The Painting 1972-01-01
Movie Political Portraits Narrator (voice) 1969-01-01
Movie Heads Self 1969-12-19
Movie Diaries, Notes, and Sketches Self 1968-03-01
Movie The Dead Ones Paul 1967-01-17
Movie Winged Dialogue 1967-12-30
Movie The Illiac Passion Narrator / The Filmmaker 1967-12-30
Movie Award Presentation to Andy Warhol Himself 1965-09-03
Movie Dionysus 1964-12-21
Movie Swain the protagonist, Swain 1950-12-31
Movie A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge 1940-01-01