Gregory J. Markopoulos

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1928-03-12

Deathday 1992-11-12 (64 years old)

Place of Birth Toledo, Ohio

Also Known As Gregory Markopoulos

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

Director

1997
Eniaios

as Director

1976
Prosopographia

as Director

1975
Gilbert and George

as Director

1973
Heracles

as Director

1973
1973
Hagiographia II

as Director

1972
1971
Saint Acteon

as Director

1971
Doldertal 7

as Director

1971
Cimabue! Cimabue!

as Director

1970
Moment

as Director

1970
Hagiographia

as Director

1970
Genius

as Director

1970
Alph

as Director

1969
Sorrows

as Director

1969
Hulda Zumsteg

as Director

1969
1969
The Olympian

as Director

1968
Gammelion

as Director

1968
The Mysteries

as Director

1968
(A)lter (A)ction

as Director

1968
Der Schachtel

as Director

1967
The Illiac Passion

as Director

1967
Bliss

as Director

1967
Himself as Herself

as Director

1967
The Dead Ones

as Director

1967
Eros, O Basileus

as Director

1966
Ming Green

as Director

1966
Galaxie

as Director

1963
Twice a Man

as Director

1961
Serenity

as Director

1953
Eldora

as Director

1951
Flowers of Asphalt

as Director

1950
Swain

as Director

1950
Jackdaw

as Director

1949
Christmas U.S.A.

as Director

1949
Lysis

as Director

1949
Charmides

as Director

1948
Psyche

as Director

1940
A Christmas Carol

as Director

Crew

1975
Gilbert and George

as Cinematography

1969
Sorrows

as Cinematography

1969
Political Portraits

as Cinematography

1969
The Olympian

as Cinematography

1968
Gammelion

as Cinematography

1968
The Mysteries

as Cinematography

1967
The Illiac Passion

as Cinematography

1967
The Dead Ones

as Cinematography

1967
Himself as Herself

as Cinematography

1967
Bliss

as Cinematography

1967
Eros, O Basileus

as Cinematography

1966
Galaxie

as Cinematography

1966
Ming Green

as Cinematography

1964
Dionysus

as Cinematography

1963
Twice a Man

as Cinematography

1961
Serenity

as Cinematography

1953
Eldora

as Cinematography

1950
Swain

as Cinematography

1949
Christmas U.S.A.

as Cinematography

1948
Psyche

as Cinematography

Editor

1975
1969
Sorrows

as Editor

1969
1969
The Olympian

as Editor

1968
Gammelion

as Editor

1968
The Mysteries

as Editor

1967
1967
The Dead Ones

as Editor

1967
1967
Bliss

as Editor

1967
1966
Galaxie

as Editor

1966
Ming Green

as Editor

1963
Twice a Man

as Editor

1961
Serenity

as Editor

1953
Eldora

as Editor

1950
Swain

as Editor

1949
1948
Psyche

as Editor

Actor

2002
1997
1969
Heads

as Self

1969
Political Portraits

as Narrator (voice)

1967
The Illiac Passion

as Narrator / The Filmmaker

1967
1950
Swain

as the protagonist, Swain

1940
A Christmas Carol

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Producer

1969
The Olympian

as Producer

1968
Gammelion

as Producer

1967
The Dead Ones

as Producer

1967
Eros, O Basileus

as Producer

1967
The Illiac Passion

as Producer

1967
Himself as Herself

as Producer

1967
Bliss

as Producer

1966
Galaxie

as Producer

1966
Ming Green

as Producer

1963
Twice a Man

as Producer

1961
Serenity

as Producer

1950
Swain

as Producer

1949
Charmides

as Producer

1949
Lysis

as Producer

1948
Psyche

as Producer

Writer

1969
Hulda Zumsteg

as Writer

1968
The Mysteries

as Writer

1967
1967
The Dead Ones

as Writer

1967
1963
Twice a Man

as Writer

1961
Serenity

as Writer

1953
Eldora

as Writer

1950
Swain

as Writer

1949
1948
Psyche

as Writer

Camera

1965
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol

as Director of Photography

1947
Fragment of Seeking

as Camera Operator