Jack Smith

Jack Smith

Directing

Born November 14, 1932 · Columbus, Ohio, USA

17 films as director · Active 1962–1981

Jack Smith was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a mast…

Known for

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

I Am Divine

I Am Divine

2014

Chumlum

Chumlum

1963

Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"

Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"

1963

Batman Dracula

Batman Dracula

1964

Love Thing

Love Thing

2012

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

1965

Filmmakers

Filmmakers

1969

Directed(17)

1981Lucky Landlordism of Lobster Lagoon

Hot Air Specialists

1980Hot Air Specialists

The Secret of Rented Island

1978The Secret of Rented Island

Wino

No President

1969No President★ 5.0

Song for Rent

1969Song for Rent

1968Normal Love Addendum Reel

Jungle Island

1967Jungle Island

I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....

1967I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....

1966In the Grip of the Lobster Claw

Respectable Creatures

1966Respectable Creatures

Normal Love

1965Normal Love★ 7.2

The Yellow Sequence

1965The Yellow Sequence★ 9.0

Flaming Creatures

1963Flaming Creatures★ 4.7

Overstimulated

1963Overstimulated

Scotch Tape

1962Scotch Tape★ 4.4

—Zombie of Uncle Pawnshop

Acting(48)

2017Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack SmithHimself (archive footage)

2014I Am DivineSelf (archive)

Jack Smith — Watchpile | Watchpile

2008Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisSelf (archive footage)

2006Two Wrenching Departures

2004Star Spangled to DeathThe Spirit Not of Life But of Living

1997Birth of a NationSelf

1991Shadows in the CitySpirit of Death

1985Home Movies 1971-81

1981The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

1980The Trap DoorDr. Shrinkelstein

1978The Secret of Rented Island

1972Night of the Dark Full MoonInmate

1970The Stone Age

1970Gerard Malanga's Film NotebooksSelf

1969FilmmakersHimself

1969Song for RentRose Courtyard

1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesSelf

1968The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

1968Flaming Twenties

1967The Illiac PassionOrpheus

1967Poem PostersSelf

1967Joan of ArcSelf

1967I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....

1966SatisfactionGod

1966Hedysoothsayer

1965Andy Warhol Screen TestsSelf

1965Electrolux Lover

1964The Devil is Dead

1964Batman DraculaBatman / Dracula

1964Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph”Batman

1964Batman Dracula – “Jack Gerard Smoking”

1964The Soap Opera

1964Screen Test: Jack SmithHimself

1964Lovers of Eternity

1963Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"Self

1963Little Stabs at HappinessHimself

1963Blonde CobraMadame Nescience

1961The Death of P'townFairy Vampire

1960The Andy Griffith ShowHimself

1956Saturday Afternoon Blood SacrificeCult leader

1956Little Cobra Dance

The Bubble People