Directing

Tony Conrad

Born 1940-07-03

Concord, New Hampshire, USA

Department: Directing

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.

1987

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (66 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
The Velvet Underground	Self (voice)	Movie	2021
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith	Himself (archive footage)	Movie	2017
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present	Himself	Movie	2016
This Is Cosmos	Thanks	Movie	2014
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye	Self / Appearance	Movie	2012
Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen	Self	Movie	2012
Loose Connection	Director	Movie	2011
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist	Self / Appearance	Movie	2008
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist	Music	Movie	2008
365 Day Project	Self	Movie	2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Self	Movie	2007
Conversation II	Director	Movie	2005
Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain	Director	Movie	2005
Grading Tips for Teachers	Himself	Movie	2003
Grading Tips for Teachers	Director	Movie	2003
Music in the Afternoon	Self	Movie	2002
Scanty Claus	Mrs. Claus	Movie	2002
Scanty Claus	Director	Movie	2002
Grandma Baba and Little Boris	Old Bandy Legs	Movie	2000
Birth of a Nation	Self	Movie	1997
The Genius	Dirk Dirkson	Movie	1993
The Genius	Lighting Director	Movie	1993
The A Ha! Experience	Camera Operator	Movie	1988
Vidi Vici: Narrative and the death of desire	Director	Movie	1988
Hey Bud	Camera Operator	Movie	1987
Weak Bodies and Strong Wills	Director	Movie	1986
Home Movies 1971-81	Self / Appearance	Movie	1985
In Line	Self / Appearance	Movie	1985
In Line	Director	Movie	1985
Run Dick, Run Jane	Director	Movie	1985
Beholden to Victory	Director	Movie	1983
Palace of Error	Self / Appearance	Movie	1982
Palace of Error	Director	Movie	1982
Accordion	Self / Appearance	Movie	1981
Accordion	Director	Movie	1981
Teddy Tells Jokes	Self / Appearance	Movie	1980
Teddy Tells Jokes	Director	Movie	1980
Tiding over till Tomorrow	Self / Appearance	Movie	1977
Tiding over till Tomorrow	Music	Movie	1977
Tiding over till Tomorrow	Cinematography	Movie	1977
Tiding over till Tomorrow	Director	Movie	1977
Concord Ultimatum	Director	Movie	1977
Movie Show	Director	Movie	1977
Cycles of 3s and 7s	Director	Movie	1977
Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals	Director	Movie	1975
Film Feedback	Director	Movie	1974
7302 Creole	Director	Movie	1973
4-X Attack	Director	Movie	1973
7360 Sukiyaki	Director	Movie	1973
Four Square	Director	Movie	1971
Straight and Narrow	Director	Movie	1970
Coming Attractions	Director of Photography	Movie	1970
Library	Sound	Movie	1970
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches	Self	Movie	1968
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda	Self / Appearance	Movie	1968
Joan of Arc	Self	Movie	1967
Joan of Arc	Sound	Movie	1967
Joan of Arc	Music	Movie	1967
The Eye of Count Flickerstein	Director	Movie	1967
The Flicker	Director	Movie	1966
Normal Love	Mummy	Movie	1965
Chumlum	Music Director	Movie	1963
Chumlum	Music	Movie	1963
Flaming Creatures	Sound	Movie	1963
The Autumn Feast	Music	Movie	1961
Doing the City / Urban Community Intervention	Self	Movie	—