Nam June Paik
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 20, 1932 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
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."
Known For
| 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Tapes | |
| 2019 | Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art | |
| 2018 | George: The Story of George Maciunas and FluxusSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Re: Maciunas and Fluxus | |
| 2008 | Joseph Beuys - Coyote IIIHimself | |
| 2007 | 365 Day ProjectSelf | |
| 2006 | Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video MasterSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Winter in Miami 2005Self | |
| 2003 | Nam June Paik: The Tiger LivesSelf | |
| 2000 | As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautySelf | |
| 1999 | April is the Cruelest MonthSelf | |
| 1998 | Sexual HealingSelf | |
| 1995 | "Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman | |
| 1994 | The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the NinetiesSelf | |
| 1987 | Back to Fucking CambridgeAnton von Webern | |
| 1986 | He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | Bye Bye KiplingSelf | |
| 1985 | Home Movies 1971-81 | |
| 1985 | All Star VideoSelf | |
| 1984 | Persistence of VisionSelf | |
| 1984 | Trip to Korea | |
| 1979 | Flux-ConcertSelf | |
| 1977 | Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant GardeSelf | |
| 1976 | A Tribute to John Cage | |
| 1975 | Video: The New Wave | |
| 1975 | Nam June Paik: Edited for TelevisionSelf | |
| 1974 | ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma SchoenTom | |
| 1973 | 26'1.1499" For A String Player | |
| 1969 | SeminarSelf | |
| 1966 | Kunst und Ketchup | |
| 1966 | P+A-I(k) | |
| 1964 | Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes | |
| 1964 | Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan | |
| 1962 | Nam June PaikSelf | |
| - | Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)Nam June Paik | |
| - | Processing the SignalHimself | |
| - | The Misfits - 30 Years of FluxusSelf |
| 2010 | Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970Director | |
| 2000 | Analogue AssemblageDirector | |
| 1995 | "Topless Cellist" Charlotte MoormanDirector | |
| 1993 | Sistine ChapelDirector | |
| 1992 | Deoksu PalaceDirector | |
| 1992 | Moon is the Oldest TVDirector | |
| 1992 | Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)Director | |
| 1990 | BeuysDirector | |
| 1989 | Living with the Living TheatreDirector | |
| 1988 | One Candle, One ProjectionDirector | |
| 1988 | Wrap around the WorldDirector | |
| 1986 | Bye Bye KiplingDirector | |
| 1986 | ButterflyDirector | |
| 1985 | All Star VideoDirector | |
| 1984 | Good Morning, Mr. OrwellDirector | |
| 1982 | Allan ‘n Allen’s ComplaintDirector | |
| 1980 | Lake Placid '80Director | |
| 1978 | Media Shuttle: New York - MoscowDirector | |
| 1978 | Merce by Merce by PaikDirector | |
| 1977 | Guadalcanal RequiemDirector | |
| 1976 | A Tribute to John CageDirector | |
| 1974 | Suite 212Director | |
| 1974 | TV GardenDirector | |
| 1974 | TV BuddhaDirector | |
| 1973 | Global GrooveDirector | |
| 1972 | Electronic YogaDirector | |
| 1972 | Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5Director | |
| 1971 | TV Cello PremiereDirector | |
| 1969 | Electronic Opera no. 1Director | |
| 1969 | The Medium Is the MediumDirector | |
| 1969 | Beatles ElectroniquesDirector | |
| 1969 | 9/23/69: Experiment with David AtwoodDirector | |
| 1968 | Early Color TV ManipulationsDirector | |
| 1967 | Videotape Study No. 3Director | |
| 1967 | Missa of ZenDirector | |
| 1967 | Digital Experiment at Bell LabsDirector | |
| 1966 | Waiting for CommercialsDirector | |
| 1966 | Electronic Moon No. 2Director | |
| 1965 | Electronic FablesDirector | |
| 1965 | Magnet TVDirector | |
| 1965 | Button HappeningDirector | |
| 1964 | Zen for FilmDirector |
| 1984 | Good Morning, Mr. OrwellWriter |
| 1993 | Sistine ChapelCreator |