About

Known credits:
133
Birthday:
1928-03-12
Place of birth:
Toledo, Ohio
Website:
N/A

Gregory J. Markopoulos

Overview

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

Acting
2013 Diaries, Notes, and Sketches Actor Self 59
Average
2003 Early Monthly Segments Actor N/A
N/A
2002 The Hedge Theater Actor Himself 59
Average
2000 Sotiros Actor 58
Average
1997 Birth of a Nation Actor Self 58
Average
1972 From the Notebook of... Actor Himself 58
Average
1972 The Painting Actor N/A
N/A
1969 Heads Actor Self N/A
N/A
1969 Political Portraits Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1967 The Illiac Passion Actor Narrator / The Filmmaker 58
Average
1967 Winged Dialogue Actor N/A
N/A
1967 Spiracle Actor N/A
N/A
1967 The Dead Ones Actor Paul N/A
N/A
1965 The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy) Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1965 Award Presentation to Andy Warhol Actor Self 58
Average
1964 Dionysus Actor 59
Average
1950 Swain Actor the protagonist, Swain 58
Average
1940 A Christmas Carol Actor Ebenezer Scrooge N/A
N/A

Directing
1997 Eniaios Directing Director 58
Average
1976 Prosopographia Directing Director N/A
N/A
1975 Gilbert and George Directing Director N/A
N/A
1973 Index – Hans Richter Directing Director N/A
N/A
1973 Heracles Directing Director N/A
N/A
1973 Hagiographia II Directing Director N/A
N/A
1972 The Divine Damnation Directing Director N/A
N/A
1971 Doldertal 7 Directing Director N/A
N/A
1971 Cimabue! Cimabue! Directing Director N/A
N/A
1971 Saint Acteon Directing Director N/A
N/A
1971 35, boulevard General Koenig Directing Director N/A
N/A
1970 Moment Directing Director N/A
N/A
1970 Genius Directing Director N/A
N/A
1970 Alph Directing Director N/A
N/A
1970 Hagiographia Directing Director N/A
N/A
1969 Sorrows Directing Director 59
Average
1969 Political Portraits Directing Director N/A
N/A
1969 The Olympian Directing Director N/A
N/A
1969 Hulda Zumsteg Directing Director N/A
N/A
1968 (A)lter (A)ction Directing Director N/A
N/A
1968 Gammelion Directing Director 58
Average
1968 Der Schachtel Directing Director N/A
N/A
1968 The Mysteries Directing Director N/A
N/A
1967 The Illiac Passion Directing Director 58
Average
1967 Himself as Herself Directing Director 58
Average
1967 Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill Directing Director N/A
N/A
1967 Bliss Directing Director 58
Average
1967 Eros, O Basileus Directing Director 58
Average
1967 The Dead Ones Directing Director N/A
N/A
1966 Ming Green Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Galaxie Directing Director N/A
N/A
1966 Test with Masks for ‘The Illiac Passion’ Directing Director N/A
N/A
1965 The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy) Directing Director N/A
N/A
1964 Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’ Directing Director N/A
N/A
1963 Twice a Man Directing Director 58
Average
1961 Serenity Directing Director 59
Average
1953 Eldora Directing Director N/A
N/A
1951 Flowers of Asphalt Directing Director N/A
N/A
1950 Swain Directing Director 58
Average
1950 Jackdaw Directing Director N/A
N/A
1949 Christmas U.S.A. Directing Director 58
Average
1949 Charmides Directing Director N/A
N/A
1949 Lysis Directing Director N/A
N/A
1948 Psyche Directing Director N/A
N/A
1940 A Christmas Carol Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
1969 Hulda Zumsteg Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1968 The Mysteries Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1967 The Illiac Passion Writing Writer 58
Average
1967 Himself as Herself Writing Writer 58
Average
1967 The Dead Ones Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1963 Twice a Man Writing Writer 58
Average
1961 Serenity Writing Writer 59
Average
1953 Eldora Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1950 Swain Writing Writer 58
Average
1949 Christmas U.S.A. Writing Writer 58
Average
1948 Psyche Writing Writer N/A
N/A

Production
1969 The Olympian Production Producer N/A
N/A
1968 Gammelion Production Producer 58
Average
1967 The Illiac Passion Production Producer 58
Average
1967 Himself as Herself Production Producer 58
Average
1967 Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill Production Producer N/A
N/A
1967 Bliss Production Producer 58
Average
1967 Eros, O Basileus Production Producer 58
Average
1967 The Dead Ones Production Producer N/A
N/A
1966 Ming Green Production Producer 58
Average
1966 Galaxie Production Producer N/A
N/A
1963 Twice a Man Production Producer 58
Average
1961 Serenity Production Producer 59
Average
1950 Swain Production Producer 58
Average
1949 Charmides Production Producer N/A
N/A
1949 Lysis Production Producer N/A
N/A
1948 Psyche Production Producer N/A
N/A

Camera
1965 Award Presentation to Andy Warhol Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1947 Fragment of Seeking Camera Camera Operator 58
Average

Crew
1975 Gilbert and George Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1969 Sorrows Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1969 The Olympian Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1969 Political Portraits Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1968 Gammelion Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1968 The Mysteries Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1967 The Illiac Passion Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1967 Himself as Herself Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1967 Bliss Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1967 Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1967 Eros, O Basileus Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1967 The Dead Ones Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1966 Ming Green Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1966 Galaxie Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1964 Dionysus Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1963 Twice a Man Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1961 Serenity Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1953 Eldora Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1950 Swain Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1949 Christmas U.S.A. Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1948 Psyche Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A

Editing
1975 Gilbert and George Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1969 Sorrows Editing Editor 59
Average
1969 The Olympian Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1969 Political Portraits Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1968 Gammelion Editing Editor 58
Average
1968 The Mysteries Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1967 The Illiac Passion Editing Editor 58
Average
1967 Himself as Herself Editing Editor 58
Average
1967 Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1967 Bliss Editing Editor 58
Average
1967 Eros, O Basileus Editing Editor 58
Average
1967 The Dead Ones Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1966 Ming Green Editing Editor 58
Average
1966 Galaxie Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1963 Twice a Man Editing Editor 58
Average
1961 Serenity Editing Editor 59
Average
1953 Eldora Editing Editor N/A
N/A
1950 Swain Editing Editor 58
Average
1949 Christmas U.S.A. Editing Editor 58
Average
1948 Psyche Editing Editor N/A
N/A