Jack Smith
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-11-14
Day of Death
1989-09-25 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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.
Acting
(2017)
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
as Himself (archive footage)
(2013)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
(2012)
(2007)
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
(2004)
Star Spangled to Death
as The Spirit Not of Life But of Living
(1997)
Birth of a Nation
as Self
(1991)
Shadows in the City
as Spirit of Death
(1985)
(1981)
(1980)
The Trap Door
as Dr. Shrinkelstein
(1978)
(1972)
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Inmate
(1970)
(1969)
Filmmakers
as Himself
(1969)
Song for Rent
as Rose Courtyard
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
The Illiac Passion
as Orpheus
(1967)
(1967)
Poem Posters
as Self
(1967)
Joan of Arc
as Self
(1966)
Hedy
as soothsayer
(1966)
Satisfaction
as God
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
(1964)
Batman Dracula
as Batman / Dracula
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Screen Test: Jack Smith
as Himself
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
(1963)
Blonde Cobra
as Madame Nescience
(1963)
The Death of P'town
as Fairy Vampire
(1963)
Little Stabs at Happiness
as Himself
(1963)
(1956)
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
as Cult leader
(1956)
Crew
Zombie of Uncle Pawnshop
Director
(1981)
(1980)
Hot Air Specialists
Director
(1978)
The Secret of Rented Island
Director
(1970)
Wino
Director
(1969)
No President
Director, Writer
(1969)
Song for Rent
Director
(1968)
Normal Love Addendum Reel
Director
(1967)
Jungle Island
Director
(1967)
(1966)
In the Grip of the Lobster Claw
Director
(1966)
Respectable Creatures
Director
(1965)
The Yellow Sequence
Director
(1963)
Flaming Creatures
Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
(1963)
Normal Love
Director
(1963)
Overstimulated
Director
(1962)
Scotch Tape
Director