Jack Smith
Born
November 14, 1932
Died
September 25, 1989 (56 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
Himself (archive footage)
2017
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
2013
Love Thing
2012
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Self (archive footage)
2007
Two Wrenching Departures
2006
Star Spangled to Death
The Spirit Not of Life But of Living
2004
Birth of a Nation
Self
1997
Shadows in the City
Spirit of Death
1991
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
1981
The Trap Door
Dr. Shrinkelstein
1980
The Secret of Rented Island
1978
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Inmate
1972
The Stone Age
1970
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
Self
1970
Filmmakers
Himself
1969
Song for Rent
Rose Courtyard
1969
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
1968
Flaming Twenties
1968
The Illiac Passion
Orpheus
1967
Poem Posters
Self
1967
I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....
1967
Satisfaction
God
1966
Hedy
soothsayer
1966
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self
1965
Camp
1965
Electrolux Lover
1965
Jeremelu
1964
Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"
Self
1963
The Bubble People
Joan of Arc
Self
1967
Dirt
1965
The Devil is Dead
1964
Batman Dracula
Batman / Dracula
1964
Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph”
Batman
1964
Batman Dracula – “Jack Gerard Smoking”
1964
The Soap Opera
1964
Screen Test: Jack Smith
Himself
1964
Chumlum
1963
Little Stabs at Happiness
Himself
1963
Blonde Cobra
Madame Nescience
1963
The Death of P'town
Fairy Vampire
1963
The Andy Griffith Show
Himself · (1 episode)
1960
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
Cult leader
1956
Little Cobra Dance
1956