Nam June Paik

Known for: Directing
Born: July 20, 1932, Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Died: January 29, 2006
Movies: 82

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."

Best-Known Movies

7.8

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000

6.8

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

2011

6.8

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

2023

8.4

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986

7.8

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

1974

5.3

Zen for Film

1964

8.1

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

1984

5.7

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

1995

7.7

Global Groove

1973

6.5

All Star Video

1985

Filmography

2023	Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV	Self (archive footage)
2020	Tapes
2019	Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2018	George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus	Self (archive footage)
2011	Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film	Himself (archive footage)
2011	Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2008	Joseph Beuys - Coyote III	Himself
2007	365 Day Project	Self
2006	Nam June Paik's Piano Piece
2006	Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master	Self (archive footage)
2006	Winter in Miami 2005	Self
2003	Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives	Self
2000	As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty	Self
1999	April is the Cruelest Month	Self
1999	Laboratorium Anthology
1998	Sexual Healing	Self
1995	"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1994	The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties	Self
1993	The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus	Self
1987	Back to Fucking Cambridge	Anton von Webern
1986	Bye Bye Kipling	Self
1986	He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life	Self (archive footage)
1985	All Star Video	Self
1985	Home Movies 1971-81
1984	Trip to Korea
1984	Persistence of Vision	Self
1982	Bonjour Nam June Paik I
1979	Flux-Concert	Self
1977	Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde	Self
1976	A Tribute to John Cage
1975	Video: The New Wave
1975	Nam June Paik: Edited for Television	Self
1974	‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen	Tom
1973	26'1.1499" For A String Player
1969	Seminar	Self
1966	Kunst und Ketchup
1966	P+A-I(k)
1964	Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964	Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1962	Nam June Paik	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2010	Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970	Director
2000	Analogue Assemblage	Director
1995	"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman	Director
1993	Sistine Chapel	Director
1992	Deoksu Palace	Director
1992	Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)	Director
1990	Beuys	Director
1989	Living with the Living Theatre	Director
1988	One Candle, One Projection	Director
1988	Wrap around the World	Director
1986	Bye Bye Kipling	Director
1986	Butterfly	Director
1985	All Star Video	Director
1984	Good Morning, Mr. Orwell	Director, Writer
1982	Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint	Director
1980	Lake Placid '80	Director
1978	Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow	Director
1978	Merce by Merce by Paik	Director
1978	Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel	Director
1977	Guadalcanal Requiem	Director
1976	A Tribute to John Cage	Director
1974	Suite 212	Director
1974	TV Garden	Director
1974	TV Buddha	Director
1973	Global Groove	Director
1972	Electronic Yoga	Director
1972	Waiting for Commercials	Director
1972	Electronic Moon No. 2	Director
1972	Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5	Director
1971	Electronic Fables	Director
1971	TV Cello Premiere	Director
1969	Videotape Study No. 3	Director
1969	Electronic Opera no. 1	Director
1969	The Medium Is the Medium	Director
1969	9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood	Director
1968	Beatles Electroniques	Director
1968	Early Color TV Manipulations	Director
1967	Missa of Zen	Director
1967	Digital Experiment at Bell Labs	Director
1965	Magnet TV	Director
1965	Button Happening	Director
1964	Zen for Film	Director

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