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Nam June Paik

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
39

Gender
Male

Birthday
July 20, 1932 (93 years old)

Place of Birth
Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

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."

Directing

2010Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970...Director
2000Analogue Assemblage...Director
1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman...Director
1993Sistine Chapel...Director
1992Deoksu Palace...Director
1992Moon is the Oldest TV...Director
1992Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)...Director
1990Beuys...Director
1989Living with the Living Theatre...Director
1988Wrap around the World...Director
1988One Candle, One Projection...Director
1986Bye Bye Kipling...Director
1986Butterfly...Director
1985All Star Video...Director
1984Good Morning, Mr. Orwell...Director
1982Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint...Director
1980Lake Placid '80...Director
1978Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow...Director
1978Merce by Merce by Paik...Director
1978Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel...Director
1977Guadalcanal Requiem...Director
1976A Tribute to John Cage...Director
1974Suite 212...Director
1974TV Buddha...Director
1974TV Garden...Director
1973Global Groove...Director
1972Electronic Yoga...Director
1972Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5...Director
1971TV Cello Premiere...Director
1969Electronic Opera no. 1...Director
1969The Medium Is the Medium...Director
19699/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood...Director
1969Beatles Electroniques...Director
1968Early Color TV Manipulations...Director
1967Videotape Study No. 3...Director
1967Digital Experiment at Bell Labs...Director
1967Missa of Zen...Director
1966Waiting for Commercials...Director
1966Electronic Moon No. 2...Director
1965Electronic Fables...Director
1965Button Happening...Director
1965Magnet TV...Director
1964Zen for Film...Director

Crew

1993Sistine Chapel...Creator

Art

1993Sistine Chapel...Art Direction
1986Adelic Penguins...Art Direction

Editing

1993Sistine Chapel...Editor
1984Good Morning, Mr. Orwell...Editor

Writing

1984Good Morning, Mr. Orwell...Writer

Acting

2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVas Self (archive footage)
2020Tapesas
2019Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Artas
2018George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxusas Self (archive footage)
2011Re: Maciunas and Fluxusas
2008Joseph Beuys - Coyote IIIas Himself
2007365 Day Projectas Self
2006Winter in Miami 2005as Self
2006Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Masteras Self (archive footage)
2003Nam June Paik: The Tiger Livesas Self
2000As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beautyas Self
1999April is the Cruelest Monthas Self
1998Sexual Healingas Self
1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moormanas
1994The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Ninetiesas Self
1993The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxusas Self
1987Back to Fucking Cambridgeas Anton von Webern
1986Bye Bye Kiplingas Self
1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Lifeas Self (archive footage)
1985All Star Videoas Self
1985Home Movies 1971-81as
1984Trip to Koreaas
1984Persistence of Visionas Self
1982Bonjour Nam June Paik Ias
1979Flux-Concertas Self
1977Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Gardeas Self
1976A Tribute to John Cageas
1975Video: The New Waveas
1975Nam June Paik: Edited for Televisionas Self
1974‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoenas Tom
197326'1.1499" For A String Playeras
1969Seminaras Self
1966Kunst und Ketchupas
1966P+A-I(k)as
1964Hi-Red Centre Shelter Planas
1964Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakesas
1962Nam June Paikas Self
Processing the Signalas Himself
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)as Nam June Paik