

Nam June Paik
Director · Actor · WriterNam 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."
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ACTOR39

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
Self (archive footage)

Tapes
2020

Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
2018
Self (archive footage)

Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011

Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
2008
Himself

365 Day Project
2007
Self
- Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
2006
Self (archive footage)
- Winter in Miami 2005
Winter in Miami 2005
2006
Self
- Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
2003
Self

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
Self
- April is the Cruelest Month
April is the Cruelest Month
1999
Self
- Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing
1998
Self

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995

The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
1994
Self
- The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
1993
Self

Back to Fucking Cambridge
1987
Anton von Webern

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
Self (archive footage)

Bye Bye Kipling
1986
Self

Home Movies 1971-81
1985

All Star Video
1985
Self

Persistence of Vision
1984
Self
- Trip to Korea
Trip to Korea
1984

Bonjour Nam June Paik I
1982

Flux-Concert
1979
Self
- Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
1977
Self

A Tribute to John Cage
1976

Video: The New Wave
1975

Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
1975
Self

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974
Tom

26'1.1499" For A String Player
1973
- Seminar
Seminar
1969
Self
- Kunst und Ketchup
Kunst und Ketchup
1966

P+A-I(k)
1966
- Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964

Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964

Nam June Paik
1962
Self
- Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Nam June Paik
- Processing the Signal
Processing the Signal
Himself
DIRECTOR43

Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010
Director

Analogue Assemblage
2000
Director

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995
Director

Sistine Chapel
1993
Director
- Deoksu Palace
Deoksu Palace
1992
Director

Moon is the Oldest TV
1992
Director

Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
1992
Director

Beuys
1990
Director

Living with the Living Theatre
1989
Director

One Candle, One Projection
1988
Director

Wrap around the World
1988
Director

Bye Bye Kipling
1986
Director

Butterfly
1986
Director

All Star Video
1985
Director

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
Director

Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982
Director

Lake Placid '80
1980
Director

Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
1978
Director

Merce by Merce by Paik
1978
Director
- Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel
Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel
1978
Director

Guadalcanal Requiem
1977
Director

A Tribute to John Cage
1976
Director

Suite 212
1974
Director

TV Buddha
1974
Director

TV Garden
1974
Director

Global Groove
1973
Director
- Electronic Yoga
Electronic Yoga
1972
Director

Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
1972
Director

TV Cello Premiere
1971
Director

Electronic Opera no. 1
1969
Director

The Medium Is the Medium
1969
Director

Beatles Electroniques
1969
Director

9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
1969
Director

Early Color TV Manipulations
1968
Director
- Videotape Study No. 3
Videotape Study No. 3
1967
Director

Missa of Zen
1967
Director

Digital Experiment at Bell Labs
1967
Director

Electronic Moon No. 2
1966
Director

Waiting for Commercials
1966
Director
- Electronic Fables
Electronic Fables
1965
Director

Magnet TV
1965
Director

Button Happening
1965
Director

Zen for Film
1964
Director






