Jack Smith

1932-11-14 – 1989-09-25 (age 56) Columbus, Ohio, USA

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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.

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Jack Smith

Known For

I Am Divine

I Am Divine

2014

as Self (archive)

Love Thing

Love Thing

2012

Night of the Dark Full Moon

Night of the Dark Full Moon

1972

as Inmate

Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

1997

as Self

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

1968

as Self

The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

1981

Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks

Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks

1970

as Self

Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

2008

The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

1968

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

1965

as Self

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2007

as Self (archive footage)

Blonde Cobra

Blonde Cobra

1963

as Madame Nescience

Chumlum

Chumlum

1963

Batman Dracula

Batman Dracula

1964

as Batman / Dracula

The Illiac Passion

The Illiac Passion

1967

as Orpheus

Shadows in the City

1991

as Spirit of Death

The Trap Door

The Trap Door

1980

as Dr. Shrinkelstein

Hedy

1966

as soothsayer

Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

2017

as Himself (archive footage)

The Bubble People