Tony Conrad

Personal Info

Birthday

July 3, 1940

Day of Death

2016-04-09

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Concord, New Hampshire, USA

Also Known As

Anthony Conrad

Anthony Schmalz "Tony" Conrad

Anthony Schmalz Conrad

Tony Conrad

Biography

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.

Known For

Normal Love

The Genius

Scanty Claus

Grandma Baba and Little Boris

Filmography

2021
The Velvet Underground
as Self (voice)
2017
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
as Himself (archive footage)
2016
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
as Himself
2013
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
2012
Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen
as Self
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
2003
Grading Tips for Teachers
as Himself
2002
Music in the Afternoon
as Self
Scanty Claus
as Mrs. Claus
2000
Grandma Baba and Little Boris
as Old Bandy Legs
1997
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1993
The Genius
as Dirk Dirkson
1967
Joan of Arc
as Self
1964
Normal Love
as Mummy