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Directing
Nam June Paik
Also known as: 백남준, Paik Nam-june
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."
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
July 20, 1932
Day of Death
January 29, 2006
Age at Death
73 years old
Place of Birth
Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Popularity Score
0.3
Filmography
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Self (archive footage)
2023Movie
Tapes
2020Movie
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019Movie
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
Self (archive footage)
2018Movie
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011Movie
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Himself (archive footage)
2011Movie
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
Director
2010Movie
Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
Himself
2008Movie
365 Day Project
Self
2007Movie
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
Self (archive footage)
2006Movie
Winter in Miami 2005
Self
2006Movie
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
Self
2003Movie
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Self
2000Movie
Analogue Assemblage
Director
2000Movie
April is the Cruelest Month
Self
1999Movie
Sexual Healing
Self
1998Movie
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995Movie
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
Director
1995Movie
The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
Self
1994Movie
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
Self
1993Movie
Sistine Chapel
Director
1993Movie
Sistine Chapel
Creator
1993Movie
Sistine Chapel
Art Direction
1993Movie
Sistine Chapel
Editor
1993Movie
Deoksu Palace
Director
1992Movie
Moon is the Oldest TV
Director
1992Movie
Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
Director
1992Movie
Beuys
Director
1990Movie
Living with the Living Theatre
Director
1989Movie
One Candle, One Projection
Director
1988Movie
Wrap around the World
Director
1988Movie
Back to Fucking Cambridge
Anton von Webern
1987Movie
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
1986Movie
Bye Bye Kipling
Self
1986Movie
Bye Bye Kipling
Director
1986Movie
Adelic Penguins
Art Direction
1986Movie
Butterfly
Director
1986Movie
Home Movies 1971-81
1985Movie
All Star Video
Self
1985Movie
All Star Video
Director
1985Movie
Persistence of Vision
Self
1984Movie
Trip to Korea
1984Movie
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Director
1984Movie
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Writer
1984Movie
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Editor
1984Movie
Bonjour Nam June Paik I
1982Movie
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
Director
1982Movie
Lake Placid '80
Director
1980Movie
Flux-Concert
Self
1979Movie
Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
Director
1978Movie
Merce by Merce by Paik
Director
1978Movie
Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel
Director
1978Movie
Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
Self
1977Movie
Guadalcanal Requiem
Director
1977Movie
A Tribute to John Cage
1976Movie
A Tribute to John Cage
Director
1976Movie
Video: The New Wave
1975Movie
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
Self
1975Movie
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Tom
1974Movie
Suite 212
Director
1974Movie
TV Garden
Director
1974Movie
TV Buddha
Director
1974Movie
26'1.1499" For A String Player
1973Movie
Global Groove
Director
1973Movie
Electronic Yoga
Director
1972Movie
Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
Director
1972Movie
TV Cello Premiere
Director
1971Movie
Seminar
Self
1969Movie
Electronic Opera no. 1
Director
1969Movie
The Medium Is the Medium
Director
1969Movie
Beatles Electroniques
Director
1969Movie
9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
Director
1969Movie
Early Color TV Manipulations
Director
1968Movie
Videotape Study No. 3
Director
1967Movie
Missa of Zen
Director
1967Movie
Digital Experiment at Bell Labs
Director
1967Movie
Kunst und Ketchup
1966Movie
P+A-I(k)
1966Movie
Waiting for Commercials
Director
1966Movie
Electronic Moon No. 2
Director
1966Movie
Electronic Fables
Director
1965Movie
Magnet TV
Director
1965Movie
Button Happening
Director
1965Movie
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964Movie
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964Movie
Zen for Film
Director
1964Movie
Nam June Paik
Self
1962Movie
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Nam June Paik
—Movie
Processing the Signal
Himself
—Movie