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Nam June Paik - Biography & Filmography | The Couch Critic
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Nam June Paik
Born
Jul 20, 1932
Died: Jan 29, 2006
Lived 73 years
Place of Birth
Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
35
Movies
0
TV Shows
41
Directed
Also Known As
백남준
Paik Nam-june
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Nam June Paik
Directing
Biography
Nam 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."
Movies
35
TV Shows
0
Director
41
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
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Self (archive footage)
2023
Tapes
Cast
2020
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Cast
2019
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
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Self (archive footage)
2018
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Cast
2011
Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
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Himself
2008
365 Day Project
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Self
2007
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
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Self (archive footage)
2006
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
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Self
2003
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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Self
2000
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
Cast
1995
The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
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Self
1994
Back to Fucking Cambridge
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Anton von Webern
1987
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
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Self (archive footage)
1986
Bye Bye Kipling
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Self
1986
All Star Video
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Self
1985
Home Movies 1971-81
Cast
1985
Trip to Korea
Cast
1984
Persistence of Vision
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Self
1984
Flux-Concert
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Self
1979
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