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Jonas Mekas

Director · 300 credits · 28 in highly-rated films

Best known for As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

Frequent collaborators: Ken Jacobs, Andy Warhol, Stan Brakhage, Adolfas Mekas, Yoko Ono

Directed movies (157 total, ranked by score)

  1. WTC Haikus

    2010 · ★ 7.9 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    31

  2. Notes on an American Film Director at Work

    2008 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    32

  3. Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

    1991

    Documentary

    33

  4. Sleepless Nights Stories

    2011 · ★ 5.3 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    34

  5. A Letter from Greenpoint

    2004

    Documentary, Drama

    35

  6. Happy Birthday to John

    1997 · ★ 4.8 (8 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    36

  7. 365 Day Project

    2007 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    37

  8. Hare Krishna

    1967 · ★ 4.9 (12 votes)

    38

  9. A Visit to Stan Brakhage

    2006 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    39

  10. In Between

    1978 · ★ 5.8 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    40

  11. Report from Millbrook

    1966 · ★ 6.0 (10 votes)

    41

  12. To Barbara Rubin with Love

    2006 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. The Song of Moscow

    1971 · ★ 6.7 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. The Song of Assisi

    1967 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    44

  15. The Song of Avila

    1967 · ★ 6.4 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    45

  16. My Birthday

    2014 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    46

  17. Cassis

    1966 · ★ 6.1 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    47

  18. Requiem

    2019 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    48

  19. Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

    1964 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    49

  20. Williamsburg, Brooklyn

    2003 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    50

  21. Paradise Not Yet Lost

    1979

    Documentary

    51

  22. Reminiscences from Germany

    2012

    Documentary

    52

  23. Time & Fortune Vietnam Newsreel

    1969 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    53

  24. For Life, Against the War

    1967 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Animation

    54

  25. A Letter to Penny Arcade

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    55

  26. Ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten

    2001

    Documentary

    56

  27. Imperfect Three-Image Films

    1995 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    57

  28. The Song of Italy

    1967 · ★ 5.3 (7 votes)

    Documentary

    58

  29. Brakhage Crosses Central Park

    2006 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    59

  30. A Few Notes on Andy's Factory

    1999

    Documentary

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.