Jack Smith

Personal Info

Birthday

November 14, 1932

Day of Death

1989-09-25

(56 years old)

Place of Birth

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Jack Smith

Biography

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 master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown.

Known For

Night of the Dark Full Moon

The Illiac Passion

Batman Dracula

Shadows in the City

Blonde Cobra

Hedy

Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph”

Satisfaction

Filmography

2017
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
as Himself (archive footage)
2013
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Star Spangled to Death
as The Spirit Not of Life But of Living
1997
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1991
Shadows in the City
as Spirit of Death
1980
The Trap Door
as Dr. Shrinkelstein
1972
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Inmate
1970
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks
as Self
1969
Filmmakers
as Himself
Song for Rent
as Rose Courtyard
1967
The Illiac Passion
as Orpheus
Poem Posters
as Self
Joan of Arc
as Self
1966
Satisfaction
as God
Hedy
as soothsayer
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
1964
Batman Dracula
as Batman / Dracula
Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph”
as Batman
Screen Test: Jack Smith
as Himself
1963
Little Stabs at Happiness
as Himself
Blonde Cobra
as Madame Nescience
Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love"
as Self
1961
The Death of P'town
as Fairy Vampire
1956
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
as Cult leader