Nam June Paik

Known for: Directing

Born: 1932-07-20 – 2006-01-29 (aged 73)

From: Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

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."

Filmography (39)

MOVIE★ 6.8
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Tapes
2020
MOVIE
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019
MOVIE★ 7.0
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011
MOVIE
Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
2008
as Himself
MOVIE★ 10.0
365 Day Project
2007
as Self
MOVIE
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
2006
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Winter in Miami 2005
2006
as Self
MOVIE
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
as Self
MOVIE
April is the Cruelest Month
1999
as Self
MOVIE
Sexual Healing
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995
MOVIE
The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Back to Fucking Cambridge
1987
as Anton von Webern
MOVIE
Bye Bye Kipling
1986
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.4
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
All Star Video
1985
as Self
MOVIE
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
MOVIE
Trip to Korea
1984
MOVIE
Persistence of Vision
1984
as Self
MOVIE
Bonjour Nam June Paik I
1982
MOVIE
Flux-Concert
1979
as Self
MOVIE
Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
1977
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Tribute to John Cage
1976
MOVIE
Video: The New Wave
1975
MOVIE
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
1975
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974
as Tom
MOVIE
26'1.1499" For A String Player
1973
MOVIE
Seminar
1969
as Self
MOVIE
Kunst und Ketchup
1966
MOVIE
P+A-I(k)
1966
MOVIE
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964
MOVIE
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
1964
MOVIE
Nam June Paik
1962
as Self
MOVIE
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
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as Nam June Paik
MOVIE
Processing the Signal
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as Himself