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Marie Menken (born Marie Menkevicius; May 25, 1909 – December 29, 1970) was an American experimental filmmaker, painter, and socialite. She was noted for her unique filming style that incorporated collage. She was one of the first New York filmmakers to use a hand-held camera and trained Andy Warhol on its use.
Marie Menken, nome d'arte di Marie Menkevicius (New York, 25 maggio 1909 – New York, 29 dicembre 1970), è stata una regista e pittrice statunitense il cui lavoro è particolarmente conosciuto per i suoi film di cinema sperimentale.
Marie Menken (1910-1970) is the unsung heroine of the American avant-garde cinema. A mentor, muse and major influence for such key experimental filmmakers as Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas and Andy Warhol, Menken created an extraordinary body of exuberant and stunningly beautiful films shaped, above all, by her intuitive ...
Marie Menken was born on 25 May 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a director and cinematographer, known for The Life of Juanita Castro (1965), The Gravediggers from Guadix (1960) and Prison (1965). She was married to Willard Maas. She died on 29 December 1970 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Marie Menken, nome d'arte di Marie Menkevicius, è stata una regista e pittrice statunitense il cui lavoro è particolarmente conosciuto per i suoi film di cinema sperimentale. Era nota per il suo caratteristico cinema che includeva tecniche di collage.
27 set 2023 · September 27, 2023 – February 4, 2024. Between 1945–46, the pioneering experimental filmmaker Marie Menken (1909–1970) made her first solo film: a four-minute, black-and-white work entitled Visual Variations on Noguchi.
Born in Brooklyn into a modest Lithuanian family, Marie Menken is considered one of the essential American avant-garde film-makers. Trained as a painter, she was associated with the second generation of abstract artists of the New York School (alongside Alfred Leslie (1927-), Franz Kline (1910-1962) and Helen Frankenthaler (1928-1911)).
