![Jack Smith](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wmcKDsXdH6MunekpYt5TnxM1RXE.jpg)
Jack Smith
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.
Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 3.21 |
Birthday | 1932-11-14 |
Place of Birth | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
Also Known As |
![Shadows in the City](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1991
![Shadows in the City](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Shadows in the City
0/0
Paul Mills is a miserable, lonely man leading a meaningless existence in a nameless city and has visions of the Spirit of Death waiting to collect him...
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Shadows in the City
![Hedy](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1966
![Hedy](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Hedy
0/0
Egotistical faded star Hedy Lamarr visits a plastic surgeon to be transformed into the "14-year-old girl" she believes herself to be. She is then caug...
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Hedy
![Little Cobra Dance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/s2SYeN5qyfVQBOk6kvDiMeTtWP.jpg)
1956
![Little Cobra Dance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/s2SYeN5qyfVQBOk6kvDiMeTtWP.jpg)
Little Cobra Dance
0/0
Jack Smith descends a fire escape in a makeshift "Arabian" costume and improvises increasingly frenetic choreography.
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Little Cobra Dance
![Batman Dracula](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1964
![Batman Dracula](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Batman Dracula
4.1/8
Batman Dracula is a 1964 black and white American film produced and directed by Andy Warhol, without the permission of DC Comics. The film was screene...
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Batman Dracula
![Blonde Cobra](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dJh3umPoz6awku3qFcoZ7RViGCH.jpg)
1963
![Blonde Cobra](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dJh3umPoz6awku3qFcoZ7RViGCH.jpg)
Blonde Cobra
2.943/35
A man fondles objects, looks at himself in the mirror, poses in different clothes, smiles and makes faces at the camera while his voice on the soundtr...
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Blonde Cobra
![Love Thing](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/q2BhprEbnf3GX3r6Yu0KvOlwA8L.jpg)
2012
![Love Thing](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/q2BhprEbnf3GX3r6Yu0KvOlwA8L.jpg)
Love Thing
4/2
Love Thing captures the emerging multicultural spirit and personal freedom of the late 1970s with an outrageous attitude and experimental style. A wor...
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Love Thing
![The Illiac Passion](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hBgQO21ZowmZSxsqF13EjEt0b1s.jpg)
1967
![The Illiac Passion](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hBgQO21ZowmZSxsqF13EjEt0b1s.jpg)
The Illiac Passion
3.5/2
Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds to...
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The Illiac Passion
![Birth of a Nation](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y5dmMIbRZ36wTxKlwZQ5dU3ko0N.jpg)
1997
![Birth of a Nation](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y5dmMIbRZ36wTxKlwZQ5dU3ko0N.jpg)
Birth of a Nation
6.3/3
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
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Birth of a Nation
![The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vPkbsTDIJe7zE6FlQ1f9jedwsOK.jpg)
1981
![The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vPkbsTDIJe7zE6FlQ1f9jedwsOK.jpg)
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
6.2/5
“New York plays itself, as Taylor Mead and Winifred Bryan regale in pas de deux among the trashcans and the towers. The Studiedly Goofy and the Monume...
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The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
![Two Wrenching Departures](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/us4pGp34aPC2SdKr3tlkmvg5TrK.jpg)
2006
![Two Wrenching Departures](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/us4pGp34aPC2SdKr3tlkmvg5TrK.jpg)
Two Wrenching Departures
5/2
Made in response to the death of his friends Bob Fleischner and Jack Smith, who died within one week of each other in 1989, this feature includes foot...
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Two Wrenching Departures
![The Death of P'town](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dpHZnvuDR1e0M9HObqoNjKpcdxa.jpg)
1963
![The Death of P'town](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dpHZnvuDR1e0M9HObqoNjKpcdxa.jpg)
The Death of P'town
0/0
Shot in Provincetown in the summer of '61 with the goal of funding a larger project, the film was never completed due to a violent argument between ac...
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The Death of P'town
![Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uiFRKpfhVSVoJrKq4dOXutft1hX.jpg)
1956
![Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uiFRKpfhVSVoJrKq4dOXutft1hX.jpg)
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
0/0
Short film with Jack Smith as the mysterious leader of an even-more-mysterious cult, garbed in pseudo-papal regalia and adorned with jewelry and makeu...
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Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
![Little Stabs at Happiness](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/891nzgyomJYtaOMzAEHioEBlnC.jpg)
1963
![Little Stabs at Happiness](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/891nzgyomJYtaOMzAEHioEBlnC.jpg)
Little Stabs at Happiness
5.6/17
Little Stabs at Happiness is a collection of silent shorts Jacobs shot from the period of 1959-1963. Jaunty tunes (and a somber reflection) accompany...
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Little Stabs at Happiness
![The Trap Door](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gU7ywdvINJ9ThacYwrpnw274Rqz.jpg)
1980
![The Trap Door](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gU7ywdvINJ9ThacYwrpnw274Rqz.jpg)
The Trap Door
0/0
A Nietzschian parable on the fate of innocence, THE TRAP DOOR follows the mishaps of Jeremy (John Ahearn) as he is fired by his boss (Jenny Holzer), g...
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The Trap Door
![I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/q7Tkdrf1TuI0Wzlp4SQEDHuioSW.jpg)
1967
![I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/q7Tkdrf1TuI0Wzlp4SQEDHuioSW.jpg)
I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....
0/0
This is one of several films and slide shows that feature Smith as a mock celebrity. It opens with the excerpt from No President originally called "Ma...
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I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....
![Filmmakers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7v7HQUW8KQrOMfdVgIvc5ipH7lG.jpg)
1969
![Filmmakers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7v7HQUW8KQrOMfdVgIvc5ipH7lG.jpg)
Filmmakers
0/0
Iimura creates a short self-portrait as well as brief portraits of five of his peers: Brakhage, Vanderbeek, Smith, Mekas and Warhol. In each portrait,...
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Filmmakers
![Poem Posters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cJQ5pb8247Xw4dBfE0TL78Lpn5n.jpg)
1967
![Poem Posters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cJQ5pb8247Xw4dBfE0TL78Lpn5n.jpg)
Poem Posters
0/0
... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William Burroug...
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Poem Posters
![Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vOfgtooduV6cLYz3tsp9z3Glghy.jpg)
2017
![Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vOfgtooduV6cLYz3tsp9z3Glghy.jpg)
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
0/0
In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground, experimental film, and performan...
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Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
![Camp](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pK1pzRRaaxu5PrS5YRRN4KbD8EF.jpg)
1965
![Camp](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pK1pzRRaaxu5PrS5YRRN4KbD8EF.jpg)
Camp
0/0
Shot at Warhol's Silver Factory, Camp features a group of Superstars putting on a "summer camp" talent show complete with singing, dancing, jokes, poe...
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Camp
![Song for Rent](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jHxXOlPsLdIgzZe7Z68X9pOvvqQ.jpg)
1969
![Song for Rent](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jHxXOlPsLdIgzZe7Z68X9pOvvqQ.jpg)
Song for Rent
0/0
During its 1969 showings at the Elgin Theater, No President was preceded by the color short filmed according to Smith’s direction by photographer Don...
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Song for Rent
![Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vN5QUbQw0ebmt5ahl4yMXg3XQHS.jpg)
1964
![Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vN5QUbQw0ebmt5ahl4yMXg3XQHS.jpg)
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
0/0
This compilation of Gerard Malanga's short films consists of a collection of extremely rare footage and film portraits providing candid and interestin...
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Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
![Star Spangled to Death](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1SshlLXCfFgqX9iJLtwPuAYh4Bx.jpg)
2004
![Star Spangled to Death](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1SshlLXCfFgqX9iJLtwPuAYh4Bx.jpg)
Star Spangled to Death
7.5/10
An examination of the history of the U.S. through archival footage and contrasting views of society, incorporating audiovisual material ranging from p...
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Star Spangled to Death
![Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sdhNJ5CkP83nTjmiOj72hyVQWIP.jpg)
2007
![Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sdhNJ5CkP83nTjmiOj72hyVQWIP.jpg)
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
6.6/7
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's perform...
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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
![Dirt](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1965
![Dirt](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Dirt
8/2
Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.
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Dirt
![Joan of Arc](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wCsl0SV0Ds7xtRRhSzCw0YAKJ5W.jpg)
1967
![Joan of Arc](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wCsl0SV0Ds7xtRRhSzCw0YAKJ5W.jpg)
Joan of Arc
0/0
The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applied to the War in Vietnam. The film is experimental...
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Joan of Arc
![The Soap Opera](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1964
![The Soap Opera](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
The Soap Opera
10/1
A documentary on the beginnings of the cultural revolution on the Lower East Side, New York.
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The Soap Opera
![Andy Warhol Screen Tests](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9I1HXDqTks5Q9Q5xbAGtjiJqvFN.jpg)
1965
![Andy Warhol Screen Tests](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9I1HXDqTks5Q9Q5xbAGtjiJqvFN.jpg)
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
8/3
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, a...
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Andy Warhol Screen Tests
![The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y528lUhPFBhbGVZx34vUlnk8UZu.jpg)
1968
![The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/y528lUhPFBhbGVZx34vUlnk8UZu.jpg)
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
6.3/12
At the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of Unconscious Magnetism.
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The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
![Screen Test: Jack Smith](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jBPAQdL0A7NwCeWLa6Zpd0y1tom.jpg)
1964
![Screen Test: Jack Smith](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jBPAQdL0A7NwCeWLa6Zpd0y1tom.jpg)
Screen Test: Jack Smith
0/0
Part of Andy Warhol's Screen Tests series. Filmmaker and performance artist Jack Smith.
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Screen Test: Jack Smith
![The Devil is Dead](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6BM8nEMFT8X0w6Tv3ylAnNRMojj.jpg)
1964
![The Devil is Dead](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6BM8nEMFT8X0w6Tv3ylAnNRMojj.jpg)
The Devil is Dead
0/0
A phantasmagoric exploration into the violence we house within ourselves.
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The Devil is Dead
![Diaries, Notes, and Sketches](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3iyvGft8nwGJFX62H5RawllN6Gp.jpg)
1968
![Diaries, Notes, and Sketches](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3iyvGft8nwGJFX62H5RawllN6Gp.jpg)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
7.4/20
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
![Chumlum](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3tydFSGK7Aermh4mcTUZ5673d9F.jpg)
1963
![Chumlum](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3tydFSGK7Aermh4mcTUZ5673d9F.jpg)
Chumlum
6/11
Ron Rice's Chumlum is one of those films in which the conditions of its construction are integral to the experience of watching it. It is a record of...
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Chumlum
![Satisfaction](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1966
![Satisfaction](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Satisfaction
0/0
Part of the Dirt Trilogy
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Satisfaction
![The Stone Age](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ArOitAcs9TILfF9mV1XTAAPjgBC.jpg)
1970
![The Stone Age](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ArOitAcs9TILfF9mV1XTAAPjgBC.jpg)
The Stone Age
0/0
"The question is, it is either going to be a stoned age or a new Stone Age" - Louis Brigante
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The Stone Age
![Night of the Dark Full Moon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yNHK5ln8K815S1zNeUyqEG8lqC2.jpg)
1972
![Night of the Dark Full Moon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yNHK5ln8K815S1zNeUyqEG8lqC2.jpg)
Night of the Dark Full Moon
5.1/82
A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the locals who all seem to have something to hide.
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Night of the Dark Full Moon
![Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1963
![Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"
0/0
Andy Warhol film.
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Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"
![Electrolux Lover](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tyHd1g1ostkHEhPxXpoADXtm5du.jpg)
1965
![Electrolux Lover](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tyHd1g1ostkHEhPxXpoADXtm5du.jpg)
Electrolux Lover
0/0
16mm, color, silent
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Electrolux Lover
![Home Movies 1971-81](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/95USeVGGGiVd8b8I3525itz3Ta.jpg)
1985
![Home Movies 1971-81](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/95USeVGGGiVd8b8I3525itz3Ta.jpg)
Home Movies 1971-81
0/0
Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
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Home Movies 1971-81
![Flaming Twenties](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1968
![Flaming Twenties](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
Flaming Twenties
0/0
Features underground film makers and stars Jack Smith, Charles Ludlum, and Bill Vehr. A satirical film, comprising a collection of vignettes of the en...
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Flaming Twenties
![The Secret of Rented Island](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1978
![The Secret of Rented Island](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
The Secret of Rented Island
0/0
Presents Jack Smith in a perfomance entitled Rented Island, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts.
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The Secret of Rented Island
![The Bubble People](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
![The Bubble People](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
The Bubble People
0/0
First film by interdisciplinary filmmaker Ela Troyano, featuring filmmaker Jack Smith.
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