Tony Conrad

Born: 1940-07-03

Anthony Schmalz "Tony" Conrad was an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both structural film and drone music. He performed and collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of his career, most prominently La Monte Young's 1960s New York experimental music group Theatre of Eternal Music.


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The Velvet Underground

as Self (voice)
Released: 2021-10-15

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story....

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The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

as uncredited
Released: 2012-03-08

An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and...

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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

as Self
Released: 1968-03-01

An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

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The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

as uncredited
Released: 1968-01-07

At the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of...

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Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present

as Himself
Released: 2016-06-01

Feature documentary on the pioneering life and work of iconoclastic...

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Normal Love

as Mummy
Released: 1963-01-01

The feature length Normal Love is Jack Smith’s follow up to his now legendary film Flaming...

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The Genius

as Dirk Dirkson
Released: 1993-04-02

A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower...

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Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 2017-01-26

In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer...

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365 Day Project

as uncredited
Released: 2007-12-31

This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in...

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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

as Self
Released: 2007-04-11

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker...

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Birth of a Nation

as Self
Released: 1997-08-06

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

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Teddy Tells Jokes

as uncredited
Released: 1980-01-01

This exquisite single shot is a complement to Combat Status Go. Here the viewer is positioned...

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Home Movies 1971-81

as uncredited
Released: 1985-01-01

Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

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Grading Tips for Teachers

as Himself
Released: 2003-01-01

Tony Conrad provides useful & alternative grading tips for teachers. Made in Buffalo, NY.

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Music in the Afternoon

as Self
Released: 2002-01-01

Fellow violinist and artist Tony Conrad, in collaboration with software engineer Tom Demeyer,...

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Scanty Claus

as Mrs. Claus
Released: 2002-01-01

Mrs. Claus complains because Santa is away.

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Grandma Baba and Little Boris

as Old Bandy Legs
Released: 2000-01-01

Tradition, mystical revelation, the passing on of family secrets--all that is lost in...

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In Line

as uncredited
Released: 1985-01-01

A trisection of the spectators’ power over their own image language: word, trance, and command...

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Joan of Arc

as uncredited
Released: 1967-12-26

The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is...

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Accordion

as uncredited
Released: 1981-01-01

“A man, an accordion, a ladder, and a video camera. It’s as simple as that.” - Andrew Lampert

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Tiding over till Tomorrow

as uncredited
Released: 1977-01-01

Originally debuted in 1977, where it took the form of a dual slide projection with live piano...

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