Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
November 14, 1932
Died
September 25, 1989 (age 56)
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
TV
The Andy Griffith Show
Himself
1960
Film
Chumlum
1963
Film
Blonde Cobra
Madame Nescience
1963
Film
Batman Dracula
Batman / Dracula
1964
Film
Filmmakers
Himself
1969
Film
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Inmate
1972
Film
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
1981
Film
Little Cobra Dance
1956
Film
Love Thing
2012
Film
Birth of a Nation
Self
1997
Film
Jeremelu
1964
Film
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
1968
Film
Joan of Arc
Self
1967
Film
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self
1965
Film
Dirt
1965
Film
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Self (archive footage)
2007
Film
The Illiac Passion
Orpheus
1967
Film
Shadows in the City
Spirit of Death
1991
Film
Camp
1965
Film
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
Self
1970
Filmography
2017FilmEscape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smithas Himself (archive footage)2012FilmLove Thing2007FilmJack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantisas Self (archive footage)2006FilmTwo Wrenching Departures2004FilmStar Spangled to Deathas The Spirit Not of Life But of Living1997FilmBirth of a Nationas Self1991FilmShadows in the Cityas Spirit of Death1985FilmHome Movies 1971-811981FilmThe Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man1980FilmThe Trap Dooras Dr. Shrinkelstein1978FilmThe Secret of Rented Island1972FilmNight of the Dark Full Moonas Inmate1970FilmThe Stone Age1970FilmGerard Malanga's Film Notebooksas Self1969FilmFilmmakersas Himself1969FilmSong for Rentas Rose Courtyard1968FilmDiaries, Notes, and Sketchesas Self1968FilmThe Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda1968FilmFlaming Twenties1967FilmThe Illiac Passionas Orpheus1967FilmPoem Postersas Self1967FilmJoan of Arcas Self1967FilmI Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....1966FilmSatisfactionas God1966FilmHedyas soothsayer1965FilmAndy Warhol Screen Testsas Self1965FilmCamp1965FilmDirt1965FilmElectrolux Lover1964FilmJeremelu1964FilmThe Devil is Dead1964FilmBatman Draculaas Batman / Dracula1964FilmBatman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph”as Batman1964FilmBatman Dracula – “Jack Gerard Smoking”1964FilmThe Soap Opera1964FilmScreen Test: Jack Smithas Himself1963FilmChumlum1963FilmAndy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"as Self1963FilmLittle Stabs at Happinessas Himself1963FilmBlonde Cobraas Madame Nescience1961FilmThe Death of P'townas Fairy Vampire1960TVThe Andy Griffith Showas Himself1956FilmSaturday Afternoon Blood Sacrificeas Cult leader1956FilmLittle Cobra Dance—FilmThe Bubble People