Jack Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

45

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.

Known For

  • The Andy Griffith Show

    The Andy Griffith Show

  • Night of the Dark Full Moon

    Night of the Dark Full Moon

  • Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

  • Star Spangled to Death

    Star Spangled to Death

  • Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

  • Poem Posters

    Poem Posters

  • The Illiac Passion

    The Illiac Passion

  • Hedy

    Hedy

  • Little Cobra Dance

    Little Cobra Dance

  • Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

  • The Soap Opera

    The Soap Opera

  • Dirt

    Dirt

  • Satisfaction

    Satisfaction

  • Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks

    Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks

  • Flaming Twenties

    Flaming Twenties

  • Chumlum

    Chumlum

  • Camp

    Camp

  • Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

    Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

  • The Stone Age

    The Stone Age

  • Filmmakers

    Filmmakers

  • The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

    The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

  • The Trap Door

    The Trap Door

  • Batman Dracula

    Batman Dracula

  • The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

    The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

  • The Death of P'town

    The Death of P'town

  • Batman Dracula – “Jack Gerard Smoking”

    Batman Dracula – “Jack Gerard Smoking”

  • Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

  • Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • Shadows in the City

    Shadows in the City

  • I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....

    I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....

  • Blonde Cobra

    Blonde Cobra

  • Love Thing

    Love Thing

  • Jeremelu

    Jeremelu

  • Little Stabs at Happiness

    Little Stabs at Happiness

  • Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice

    Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice

  • Screen Test: Jack Smith

    Screen Test: Jack Smith

  • Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph”

    Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph”

  • The Devil is Dead

    The Devil is Dead

  • Song for Rent

    Song for Rent

  • Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"

    Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"

  • The Secret of Rented Island

    The Secret of Rented Island

  • Electrolux Lover

    Electrolux Lover

  • Two Wrenching Departures

    Two Wrenching Departures

  • The Bubble People

    The Bubble People