Gregory Markopoulos
Gregory J. Markopoulos was an American experimental filmmaker.
Biography
Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1928 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 also 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.
Markopoulos dedicated his film lter ction to Rosa von Praunheim. Before von Praunheim became famous, he worked as an assistant-director for Markopoulos.
He died in 1992 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Selected filmography
Du sang, de la volupté et de la mort ; 3 parts: Psyche, Lysis, CharmidesThe Dead Ones- Christmas, U.S.A. ; 13 min.Swain Flowers of Asphalt Serenity Twice a Man Galaxie Ming Green Bliss Eros, O Basileus Himself as Herself The Illiac Passion Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill The Divine Damnation Gammelion The Mysteries Index - Hans Richter The Olympian Political Portraits Sorrows Alph Genius Hagiographia Moment Cimabue! Cimabue! Doldertal 7 Saint Actaeon 35, Boulevard General Koenig Hagiographia Heracles Meta Prosopographia
- ''Eniaios''