Jack Smith
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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
as Himself (archive footage)
2017
Love Thing
2012
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Two Wrenching Departures
2006
Star Spangled to Death
as The Spirit Not of Life But of Living
2004
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1997
Shadows in the City
as Spirit of Death
1991
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
1981
Lucky Landlordism of Lobster Lagoon
Director (Directing)
1981
The Trap Door
as Dr. Shrinkelstein
1980
Hot Air Specialists
Director (Directing)
1980
The Secret of Rented Island
1978
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Inmate
1972
The Stone Age
1970
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
as Self
1970
Wino
Director (Directing)
1970
No President
Director (Directing)
1969
Filmmakers
as Himself
1969
Song for Rent
as Rose Courtyard
1969
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
1968
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
1968
Flaming Twenties
1968
Normal Love Addendum Reel
Director (Directing)
1968
The Illiac Passion
as Orpheus
1967
Poem Posters
as Self
1967
Joan of Arc
as Self
1967
I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....
1967
Jungle Island
Director (Directing)
1967
Satisfaction
as God
1966
Hedy
as soothsayer
1966
In the Grip of the Lobster Claw
Director (Directing)
1966
Respectable Creatures
Director (Directing)
1966
The Yellow Sequence
Director (Directing)
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
1965
Camp
1965
Normal Love
Director (Directing)
1965
Dirt
1965
Electrolux Lover
1965
Jeremelu
1964
The Devil is Dead
1964
Batman Dracula
as Batman / Dracula
1964
Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph”
as Batman
1964
Batman Dracula – “Jack Gerard Smoking”
1964
The Soap Opera
1964
Screen Test: Jack Smith
as Himself
1964
Chumlum
1963
Little Stabs at Happiness
as Himself
1963
Overstimulated
Director (Directing)
1963
Flaming Creatures
Director of Photography (Camera)
1963