Marie Menken
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 25, 1909
- Died
- December 29, 1970
- Birthplace
- New York, New York
Marie Menken was born Marie Menkevicius in New York City on May 25, 1909, the daughter of Catholic Lithuanian immigrants. She grew up in Brooklyn with a brother and a sister, in a home used to frequent financial difficulties. Both she and her sister Adele later changed their surname to Menken. Marie Menken and Willard Maas had got married in 1937, moving into a Brooklyn penthouse at 62 Montague Street which they would inhabit until their deaths. She died on December 29, 1970. Four days after her death, on January 2, 1971, Willard Maas died.
Filmography
For Leo Castelli TBA
Director
- Notes on Marie Menken
Notes on Marie Menken 2006
as Self (archive footage)
Excursion 1968
Director
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches 1968
as Self
In Search of the Miraculous 1967
Camera Operator
Watts with Eggs 1967
Director
Chelsea Girls 1966
as Mother
Sidewalks 1966
Director
Lights 1966
Director
Andy Warhol Screen Tests 1965
as Self
Andy Warhol 1965
Director, Cinematography
The Life of Juanita Castro 1965
as Juanita Castro
Prison 1965
Actor
Bitch 1965
Actor
Dionysus 1964
Cinematography
Wrestling 1964
Director, Writer
Lita's Party 1964
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Go! Go! Go! 1964
Director
Notebook 1963
Director
Moonplay 1962
Director, Cinematography
Bagatelle for Willard Maas 1961
Director
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger 1961
Director, Cinematography
Drips in Strips 1961
Director
Mood Mondrian 1961
Director
Eye Music in Red Major 1961
Director
Dwightiana 1959
Director
- The Gravediggers from Guadix
The Gravediggers from Guadix 1958
Director
- Zenscapes
Zenscapes 1957
Director
Hurry, Hurry! 1956
Director
Glimpse of the Garden 1956
Director
- Narcissus
Narcissus 1956
as Sibyl
Image in the Snow 1952
as Mother, Cinematography
Visual Variations on Noguchi 1945
Director
The Geography of the Body 1943
as Body, Cinematography
Credits from TMDB.