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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

67

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-11-14

Day of Death

1989-09-25 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

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

Acting

Shadows in the City

1991

Shadows in the City

as

Spirit of Death

Hedy

1966

Hedy

as

soothsayer

The Illiac Passion

1967

The Illiac Passion

as

Orpheus

The Death of P'town

1961

The Death of P'town

as

Fairy Vampire

Batman Dracula

1964

Batman Dracula

as

Batman / Dracula

Blonde Cobra

1963

Blonde Cobra

as

Madame Nescience

The Trap Door

1980

The Trap Door

as

Dr. Shrinkelstein

Filmmakers

1969

Filmmakers

as

Himself

Poem Posters

1967

Poem Posters

as

Self

Camp

1965

Camp

as

Song for Rent

1969

Song for Rent

as

Rose Courtyard

Dirt

1965

Dirt

as

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2007

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

as

Self (archive footage)

Star Spangled to Death

2004

Star Spangled to Death

as

The Spirit Not of Life But of Living

Joan of Arc

1967

Joan of Arc

as

Self

Chumlum

1963

Chumlum

as

Satisfaction

1966

Satisfaction

as

God

Jeremelu

1964

Jeremelu

as

Production

Crew

Directing