Nam June Paik
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Nam June Paik

Jul 20, 1932 - Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

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."

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVSelf (archive footage)
Movie1984Persistence of VisionSelf
Movie1985Home Movies 1971-81
Movie197326'1.1499" For A String Player
MovieN/AThirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)Nam June Paik
Movie1962Nam June PaikSelf
Movie1974‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma SchoenTom
Movie1976A Tribute to John Cage
Movie1966Kunst und Ketchup
Movie1985All Star VideoSelf
Movie2007365 Day Project
Movie1964Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
Movie1966P+A-I(k)
Movie1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage)
Movie2000As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautySelf
Movie1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
Movie2018George: The Story of George Maciunas and FluxusSelf (archive footage)
Movie1986Bye Bye KiplingSelf
Movie1964Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
Movie2019Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Movie2011Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Movie2020Tapes
Movie1975Video: The New Wave
Movie1987Back to Fucking CambridgeAnton von Webern
Movie1984Trip to Korea
Movie1979Flux-ConcertSelf
Movie2008Joseph Beuys - Coyote IIIHimself
Movie1994The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the NinetiesSelf
MovieN/AProcessing the SignalHimself
Movie2006Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video MasterSelf (archive footage)
Movie1977Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant GardeSelf
Movie1969SeminarSelf
Movie1975Nam June Paik: Edited for TelevisionSelf
Movie2003Nam June Paik: The Tiger LivesSelf

Crew

Media
Movie1969Electronic Opera no. 1DirectorDirecting
Movie2010Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970DirectorDirecting
Movie1982Allan ‘n Allen’s ComplaintDirectorDirecting
Movie1964Zen for FilmDirectorDirecting
Movie1974Suite 212DirectorDirecting
Movie1968The Medium Is the MediumDirectorDirecting
Movie1967Videotape Study No. 3DirectorDirecting
Movie1969Beatles ElectroniquesDirectorDirecting
Movie1966Electronic Moon No. 2DirectorDirecting
Movie1965Electronic FablesDirectorDirecting
Movie1966Waiting for CommercialsDirectorDirecting
Movie1972Electronic YogaDirectorDirecting
Movie1988One Candle, One ProjectionDirectorDirecting
Movie1990BeuysDirectorDirecting
Movie1973Global GrooveDirectorDirecting
Movie1984Good Morning, Mr. OrwellDirectorDirecting
Movie1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte MoormanDirectorDirecting
Movie1976A Tribute to John CageDirectorDirecting
Movie1989Living with the Living TheatreDirectorDirecting
Movie1978Media Shuttle: New York - MoscowDirectorDirecting
Movie1992Deoksu PalaceDirectorDirecting
Movie1986Bye Bye KiplingDirectorDirecting
Movie1985All Star VideoDirectorDirecting
Movie1984Good Morning, Mr. OrwellWriterWriting
Movie1986Adelic PenguinsArt DirectionArt
Movie1972Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5DirectorDirecting
Movie1967Missa of ZenDirectorDirecting
Movie1977Guadalcanal RequiemDirectorDirecting
Movie1980Lake Placid '80DirectorDirecting
Movie1978Merce by Merce by PaikDirectorDirecting
Movie1990Infinite EscherArt DirectionArt
Movie1965Magnet TVDirectorDirecting
Movie1974TV BuddhaDirectorDirecting
Movie1974TV GardenDirectorDirecting
Movie1992Moon is the Oldest TVDirectorDirecting
Movie1986ButterflyDirectorDirecting
Movie19699/23/69: Experiment with David AtwoodDirectorDirecting
Movie1988Wrap around the WorldDirectorDirecting
Movie1967Digital Experiment at Bell LabsDirectorDirecting
Movie1965Button HappeningDirectorDirecting
Movie1968Early Color TV ManipulationsDirectorDirecting
Movie1992Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)DirectorDirecting
Movie1971TV Cello PremiereDirectorDirecting
Movie2000Analogue AssemblageDirectorDirecting
Movie1984Good Morning, Mr. OrwellEditorEditing