Adolfas Mekas

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Mekas directing Hallelujah the Hills

Adolfas Mekas (born 1925 in Lithuania) is a Lithuanian film director. Mekas immigrated to the United States and co-founded Film Culture magazine with his brother Jonas Mekas in 1954. He directed a number of films including Hallelujah The Hills and Going Home, both of which are considered landmarks of the New American Cinema movement. In 1971 Mekas joined the newly formed film department at Bard College, which was soon dubbed the "Peoples' Film Department" under his Chairmanship. He continued to teach at Bard until retiring in May of 2004.