Gregory J. Markopoulos

Biography

Gregory J. Markopoulos (March 12, 1928 - November 12, 1992) was an American experimental filmmaker. Born in Toledo, Ohio to Greek immigrant parents, Markopoulos began making 8 mm films at an early age. He attended USC Film School in the late 1940s, and went on to become a co-founder — with Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Stan Brakhage and others — of the New American Cinema movement. He was as well a contributor to Film Culture magazine, and an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1967, he and his partner Robert Beavers left the United States for permanent residence in Europe. Once ensconced in self-imposed exile, Markopoulos withdrew his films from circulation, refused any interviews, and insisted that a chapter about him be removed from the second edition of Visionary Film, P. Adams Sitney's seminal study of American avant-garde cinema. While he continued to make films, his work went largely unseen for almost 30 years.

Known for

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

March 1, 1968

From the Notebook of...

Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

September 3, 1965

Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death

January 1, 1948

Early Monthly Segments

September 9, 2003

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2003	Early Monthly Segments
2002	The Hedge Theater	Himself
1997	Birth of a Nation	Self
1972	From the Notebook of...	Himself
1972	The Painting
1969	Heads	Self
1969	Political Portraits	Narrator (voice)
1968	Diaries, Notes, and Sketches	Self
1967	The Illiac Passion	Narrator / The Filmmaker
1967	Winged Dialogue
1967	The Dead Ones	Paul
1967	Spiracle
1965	Award Presentation to Andy Warhol	Himself
1965	The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)	Narrator (voice)
1964	Dionysus
1950	Swain	the protagonist, Swain
1948	Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death	The Wanderer
1940	A Christmas Carol	Ebenezer Scrooge

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1997	Eniaios	Director
1976	Prosopographia	Director
1975	Gilbert and George	Director
1975	Gilbert and George	Editor
1975	Gilbert and George	Cinematography
1973	Heracles	Director
1973	Index – Hans Richter	Director
1973	Hagiographia II	Director
1972	The Divine Damnation	Director
1971	35, boulevard General Koenig	Director
1971	Saint Acteon	Director
1971	Doldertal 7	Director
1971	Cimabue! Cimabue!	Director
1970	Moment	Director
1970	Hagiographia	Director
1970	Genius	Director
1970	Alph	Director
1969	Sorrows	Director
1969	Sorrows	Editor
1969	Sorrows	Cinematography
1969	Hulda Zumsteg	Director
1969	Hulda Zumsteg	Writer
1969	Political Portraits	Director
1969	The Olympian	Director
1969	Political Portraits	Cinematography
1969	Political Portraits	Editor
1969	The Olympian	Producer
1969	The Olympian	Editor
1969	The Olympian	Cinematography
1968	Gammelion	Director
1968	Gammelion	Cinematography
1968	Gammelion	Editor
1968	Gammelion	Producer
1968	The Mysteries	Director
1968	(A)lter (A)ction	Director
1968	Der Schachtel	Director
1968	The Mysteries	Editor
1968	The Mysteries	Cinematography
1968	The Mysteries	Writer
1967	The Illiac Passion	Director
1967	Himself as Herself	Director
1967	The Illiac Passion	Cinematography
1967	The Illiac Passion	Editor
1967	The Illiac Passion	Writer
1967	Himself as Herself	Writer
1967	Himself as Herself	Cinematography
1967	Himself as Herself	Editor
1967	The Illiac Passion	Producer
1967	Himself as Herself	Producer
1967	Bliss	Director
1967	Bliss	Cinematography
1967	Bliss	Editor
1967	Eros, O Basileus	Editor
1967	Eros, O Basileus	Cinematography
1967	Eros, O Basileus	Director
1967	Eros, O Basileus	Producer
1967	Bliss	Producer
1967	Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill	Director
1967	The Dead Ones	Director
1967	The Dead Ones	Editor
1967	The Dead Ones	Cinematography
1967	The Dead Ones	Writer
1967	The Dead Ones	Producer
1967	Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill	Cinematography
1967	Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill	Editor
1967	Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill	Producer
1966	Ming Green	Director
1966	Ming Green	Editor
1966	Ming Green	Cinematography
1966	Ming Green	Producer
1966	Galaxie	Director
1966	Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’	Director
1966	Galaxie	Cinematography
1966	Galaxie	Editor
1966	Galaxie	Producer
1965	Award Presentation to Andy Warhol	Director of Photography
1965	The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)	Director
1964	Dionysus	Cinematography
1964	Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’	Director
1963	Twice a Man	Writer
1963	Twice a Man	Director
1963	Twice a Man	Producer
1963	Twice a Man	Cinematography
1963	Twice a Man	Editor
1961	Serenity	Writer
1961	Serenity	Director
1961	Serenity	Cinematography
1961	Serenity	Editor
1961	Serenity	Producer
1953	Eldora	Director
1953	Eldora	Cinematography
1953	Eldora	Editor
1953	Eldora	Writer
1951	Flowers of Asphalt	Director
1950	Swain	Director
1950	Jackdaw	Director
1950	Swain	Editor
1950	Swain	Cinematography
1950	Swain	Writer
1950	Swain	Producer
1949	Christmas U.S.A.	Director
1949	Christmas U.S.A.	Editor
1949	Christmas U.S.A.	Cinematography
1949	Christmas U.S.A.	Writer
1949	Lysis	Director
1949	Charmides	Director
1949	Charmides	Producer
1949	Lysis	Producer
1948	Psyche	Director
1948	Of Blood, of Pleasure and of Death	Director
1948	Psyche	Cinematography
1948	Psyche	Editor
1948	Psyche	Writer
1948	Psyche	Producer
1947	Fragment of Seeking	Camera Operator
1940	A Christmas Carol	Director