Directing
Nam June Paik
Born July 20, 1932 Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Biography
Nam June Paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He coined the phrase "Information Superhighway" in 1974, and has been called the "father of video art."
Directed Films
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Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010·Documentary
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Analogue Assemblage
2000
5.7
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995·Documentary
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Sistine Chapel
1993·Documentary
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Moon is the Oldest TV
1992
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Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
1992
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Beuys
1990
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Living with the Living Theatre
1989
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One Candle, One Projection
1988
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Wrap around the World
1988
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Bye Bye Kipling
1986·Documentary
6.0
Butterfly
1986
6.5
All Star Video
1985·Animation
8.1
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984·Comedy
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Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982
8.0
Lake Placid '80
1980
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Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
1978·Documentary
6.5
Merce by Merce by Paik
1978
7.0
Guadalcanal Requiem
1977·Documentary
6.0
A Tribute to John Cage
1976·Documentary
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Suite 212
1974
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TV Garden
1974
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TV Buddha
1974
7.7
Global Groove
1973·Music
Also Appeared In
6.8
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023·Documentary
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Tapes
2020·Documentary
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Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019·Documentary
7.0
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
2018·Documentary
6.8
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011·Documentary
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Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011·Documentary
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Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
2008·Music
10.0
365 Day Project
2007·Documentary
7.8
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000·Documentary
5.7
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995·Documentary
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The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
1994·Documentary
8.0
Back to Fucking Cambridge
1987·Comedy