Filmmakers death, was 96 years old

“Filmmakers death, was 96 years old,”

“the Filmmaker Jonas Mekas has died, writes The Guardian. “

“He became famous when he frequented the circle around Andy Warhol in the 1960s.”

“Jonas Mekas was born in Lithuania in 1922 and decided together with his brother Adolfas to try to escape the nazis and emigrate to the united states. On the way by train through Germany captured the brothers in and was put in labor camp, but managed to escape and hide in a farmhouse to the end of the war.”

“Well, in New York, bought the brothers a camera and started to make their own art films. “

“Mekas spent time with the New York konstelit and it must have been he who introduced the Velvet underground’s frontman Lou Reed on Andy Warhol. Mekas also befriended Salvador Dali and made the movie ”

“He even taught John F Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy’s children on filmmaking. “

“Jonas Mekas died at his home, 96 years old.”