
Tony Conrad
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.
Known For
The Velvet Underground
Self (voice)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
Flaming Creatures
Sound
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
Himself
Normal Love
Mummy
The Flicker
Director
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
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Filmography
Acting (24)
Movies (24)
The Velvet Underground
2021as Self (voice)
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
2017as Himself (archive footage)
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
2016as Himself
Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen
2012as Self
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
2012
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
2008
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007as Self
365 Day Project
2007as Self
Grading Tips for Teachers
2003as Himself
Scanty Claus
2002as Mrs. Claus
Music in the Afternoon
2002as Self
Grandma Baba and Little Boris
2000as Old Bandy Legs
Birth of a Nation
1997as Self
The Genius
1993as Dirk Dirkson
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
In Line
1985Palace of Error
1982
Accordion
1981
Teddy Tells Jokes
1980
Tiding over till Tomorrow
1977
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968as Self
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
1968
Joan of Arc
1967as Self
Normal Love
1965as Mummy
Crew (41)
Movies (41)
This Is Cosmos
2014Thanks
Loose Connection
2011Director
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
2008Music
Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain
2005Director
Conversation II
2005Director
Grading Tips for Teachers
2003Director
Scanty Claus
2002Director
The Genius
1993Lighting Director
Vidi Vici: Narrative and the death of desire
1988Director
The A Ha! Experience
1988Camera Operator
Hey Bud
1987Camera Operator
Weak Bodies and Strong Wills
1986Director
Run Dick, Run Jane
1985Director
In Line
1985Director
Beholden to Victory
1983Director
Palace of Error
1982Director
Accordion
1981Director
Teddy Tells Jokes
1980Director
Cycles of 3s and 7s
1977Director
Tiding over till Tomorrow
1977Cinematography
Tiding over till Tomorrow
1977Director
Tiding over till Tomorrow
1977Music
Concord Ultimatum
1977Director
Movie Show
1977Director
Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals
1975Director
Film Feedback
1974Director
4-X Attack
1973Director
7302 Creole
1973Director
7360 Sukiyaki
1973Director
Four Square
1971Director
Library
1970Sound
Coming Attractions
1970Director of Photography
Straight and Narrow
1970Director
Joan of Arc
1967Music
Joan of Arc
1967Sound
The Eye of Count Flickerstein
1967Director
The Flicker
1966Director
Chumlum
1963Music
Chumlum
1963Music Director
Flaming Creatures
1963Sound
The Autumn Feast
1961Music
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