Tony Conrad
Known for
Directing
Born
July 3, 1940
Birthplace
Concord, New Hampshire, USA
Died
April 9, 2016 (aged 75)
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.
Best known work
The Velvet Underground
2021
Flaming Creatures
1963
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
The Flicker
1966
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
2012
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
1968
Chumlum
1963
Normal Love
1965
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
2016Filmography
TBA
2021
The Velvet Undergroundas Self (voice)
2017
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smithas Himself (archive footage)
2016
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Presentas Himself
2014
This Is CosmosThanks
2012
2012
2011
Loose ConnectionDirector
2008
2007
365 Day Projectas Self
2007
2005
Conversation IIDirector
2005
2003
Grading Tips for Teachersas Himself, Director
2002
Music in the Afternoonas Self
2002
Scanty Clausas Mrs. Claus, Director
2000
Grandma Baba and Little Borisas Old Bandy Legs
1999
1997
Birth of a Nationas Self
1993
The Geniusas Dirk Dirkson, Lighting Director
1988
The A Ha! ExperienceCamera Operator
1988
1987
Hey BudCamera Operator
1986
Weak Bodies and Strong WillsDirector
1985