Nam June Paik
Biography
Nam June Paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He coined the phrase "Information Superhighway" in 1974, and has been called the "father of video art."
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Movies (50)
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Tapes
2020
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
Director (Directing)
2010
Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
as Himself
2008
365 Day Project
2007
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
as Self
2003
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
as Self
2000
Analogue Assemblage
Director (Directing)
2000
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995
The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
as Self
1994
Deoksu Palace
Director (Directing)
1992
Moon is the Oldest TV
Director (Directing)
1992
Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
Director (Directing)
1992
Beuys
Director (Directing)
1990
Living with the Living Theatre
Director (Directing)
1989
One Candle, One Projection
Director (Directing)
1988
Wrap around the World
Director (Directing)
1988
Back to Fucking Cambridge
as Anton von Webern
1987
Adelic Penguins
Art Direction (Art)
1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Bye Bye Kipling
as Self
1986
Butterfly
Director (Directing)
1986
All Star Video
as Self
1985
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Trip to Korea
1984
Persistence of Vision
as Self
1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Director (Directing)
1984
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
Director (Directing)
1982
Lake Placid '80
Director (Directing)
1980
Flux-Concert
as Self
1979
Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
Director (Directing)
1978
Merce by Merce by Paik
Director (Directing)
1978
Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
as Self
1977
Guadalcanal Requiem
Director (Directing)
1977
A Tribute to John Cage
1976
Video: The New Wave
1975
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
as Self
1975
Suite 212
Director (Directing)
1974
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
as Tom
1974
TV Buddha
Director (Directing)
1974
TV Garden
Director (Directing)
1974
26'1.1499" For A String Player
1973
Global Groove
Director (Directing)
1973
Electronic Yoga
Director (Directing)
1972
Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
Director (Directing)
1972
TV Cello Premiere
Director (Directing)
1971