Jack Smith
Known for
Directing
Born
November 14, 1932
Birthplace
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Died
September 25, 1989 (aged 56)
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.
Best known work
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Night of the Dark Full Moon
1972
I Am Divine
2014
Flaming Creatures
1963
Blonde Cobra
1963
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
Scotch Tape
1963
Little Stabs at Happiness
1963
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
1968
Chumlum
1963Filmography
TBA
TBA
Zombie of Uncle PawnshopDirector
2017
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smithas Himself (archive footage)
2014
I Am Divineas Self (archive)
2012
2011
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Filmas Himself (archive footage)
2008
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantisas Self (archive footage)
2006
2004
Star Spangled to Deathas The Spirit Not of Life But of Living
1997
Birth of a Nationas Self
1991
Shadows in the Cityas Spirit of Death
1985
1981
1981
1980
The Trap Dooras Dr. Shrinkelstein
1980
Hot Air SpecialistsDirector
1978
The Secret of Rented IslandDirector
1972
Night of the Dark Full Moonas Inmate
1970
1970
1970
WinoDirector
1969
No PresidentDirector, Writer
1969
Filmmakersas Himself
1969
Song for Rentas Rose Courtyard, Director