Gregory J. Markopoulos
Directing
Gregory J. Markopoulos (March 12, 1928 - November 12, 1992) was an American experimental filmmaker. Born in Toledo, Ohio 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 as well 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.
Known for
Directing48
movieEniaios
1997
Director
movieProsopographia
1976
Director
movieGilbert and George
1975
Director
Heracles
1973
Director
movieHagiographia II
1973
Director
Doldertal 7
1971
Director
movieCimabue! Cimabue!
1971
Director
movieMoment
1970
Director
movieGenius
1970
Director
Alph
1970
Director
movieSorrows
1969
Director
movieHulda Zumsteg
1969
Director
moviePolitical Portraits
1969
Director
movieThe Olympian
1969
Director
movieGammelion
1968
Director
movieThe Mysteries
1968
Director
movieThe Illiac Passion
1967
Director
movieHimself as Herself
1967
Director
movieBliss
1967
Director
movieTwice A Man Twice
1967
Director
movieEros, O Basileus
1967
Director
movieThe Dead Ones
1967
Director
movieMing Green
1966
Director
movieGalaxie
1966
Director
The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
1965
Director
movieTwice a Man
1963
Director
movieSerenity
1961
Director
Eldora
1953
Director
movieFlowers of Asphalt
1951
Director
movieSwain
1950
Director
Jackdaw
1950
Director
movieChristmas U.S.A.
1949
Director
movieCharmides
1949
Director
movieLysis
1949
Director
moviePsyche
1948
Director
movieA Christmas Carol
1940
Director
movieBliss (Eniaios edit)
Director
Crew21
movieGilbert and George
1975
Cinematography
movieSorrows
1969
Cinematography
moviePolitical Portraits
1969
Cinematography
movieThe Olympian
1969
Cinematography
movieGammelion
1968
Cinematography
movieThe Mysteries
1968
Cinematography
movieThe Illiac Passion
1967
Cinematography
movieHimself as Herself
1967
Cinematography
movieBliss
1967
Cinematography
movieThrough a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill
1967
Cinematography
movieEros, O Basileus
1967
Cinematography
movieThe Dead Ones
1967
Cinematography
movieMing Green
1966
Cinematography
movieGalaxie
1966
Cinematography
movieDionysus
1964
Cinematography
movieTwice a Man
1963
Cinematography
movieSerenity
1961
Cinematography
Eldora
1953
Cinematography
movieSwain
1950
Cinematography
movieChristmas U.S.A.
1949
Cinematography
moviePsyche
1948
Cinematography
Acting20
movieThe Hedge Theater
2002
Himself
moviePolitical Portraits
1969
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Illiac Passion
1967
Narrator / The Filmmaker
The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
1965
Narrator (voice)
movieSwain
1950
the protagonist, Swain
movieA Christmas Carol
1940
Ebenezer Scrooge
movieOf Blood, of Pleasure and of Death
The Wanderer
Editing20
movieSorrows
1969
Editor
movieThe Olympian
1969
Editor
movieGammelion
1968
Editor
movieThe Mysteries
1968
Editor
movieBliss
1967
Editor
movieThe Dead Ones
1967
Editor
movieMing Green
1966
Editor
movieGalaxie
1966
Editor
movieTwice a Man
1963
Editor
movieSerenity
1961
Editor
Eldora
1953
Editor
movieSwain
1950
Editor
moviePsyche
1948
Editor
Production16
movieThe Olympian
1969
Producer
movieGammelion
1968
Producer
movieThe Illiac Passion
1967
Producer
movieHimself as Herself
1967
Producer
movieBliss
1967
Producer
movieEros, O Basileus
1967
Producer
movieThe Dead Ones
1967
Producer
movieMing Green
1966
Producer
movieGalaxie
1966
Producer
movieTwice a Man
1963
Producer
movieSerenity
1961
Producer
movieSwain
1950
Producer
movieCharmides
1949
Producer
movieLysis
1949
Producer
moviePsyche
1948
Producer
Writing11
movieHulda Zumsteg
1969
Writer
movieThe Mysteries
1968
Writer
movieThe Dead Ones
1967
Writer
movieTwice a Man
1963
Writer
movieSerenity
1961
Writer
Eldora
1953
Writer
movieSwain
1950
Writer
moviePsyche
1948
Writer
Camera2
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol
1964
Director of Photography
movieFragment of Seeking
1947
Camera Operator