Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik

Birthday: 1932-07-20
Deathday: 2006-01-29
Place of birth: Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Also know as: 백남준

Bio

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."

Movies with Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

2023
As Self (archive footage)
Persistence of Vision

1984
As Self
Home Movies 1971-81

1985
As
26'1.1499" For A String Player

1973
As
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)

0000
As Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik

1962
As Self
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

1974
As Tom
A Tribute to John Cage

1976
As
Kunst und Ketchup

1966
As
All Star Video

1985
As Self
365 Day Project

2007
As
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes

1964
As
P+A-I(k)

1966
As
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986
As Self (archive footage)
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000
As Self
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

1995
As
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus

2018
As Self (archive footage)
Bye Bye Kipling

1986
As Self
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan

1964
As
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art

2019
As
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus

2011
As
Tapes

2020
As
Video: The New Wave

1975
As
Back to Fucking Cambridge

1987
As Anton von Webern
Trip to Korea

1984
As
Flux-Concert

1979
As Self
Joseph Beuys - Coyote III

2008
As Himself
The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties

1994
As Self
Processing the Signal

0000
As Himself
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master

2006
As Self (archive footage)
Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde

1977
As Self
Seminar

1969
As Self
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television

1975
As Self
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives

2003
As Self
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus

0000
As Self

Production Credits

Electronic Opera no. 1

1969
As Director
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

2010
As Director
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

1982
As Director
Zen for Film

1964
As Director
Suite 212

1974
As Director
The Medium Is the Medium

1968
As Director
Videotape Study No. 3

1967
As Director
Beatles Electroniques

1969
As Director
Electronic Moon No. 2

1966
As Director
Electronic Fables

1965
As Director
Waiting for Commercials

1966
As Director
Electronic Yoga

1972
As Director
One Candle, One Projection

1988
As Director
Beuys

1990
As Director
Global Groove

1973
As Director
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

1984
As Director
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

1995
As Director
A Tribute to John Cage

1976
As Director
Living with the Living Theatre

1989
As Director
Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow

1978
As Director
Deoksu Palace

1992
As Director
Bye Bye Kipling

1986
As Director
All Star Video

1985
As Director
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

1984
As Writer
Adelic Penguins

1986
As Art Direction
Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

1972
As Director
Missa of Zen

1967
As Director
Guadalcanal Requiem

1977
As Director
Lake Placid '80

1980
As Director
Merce by Merce by Paik

1978
As Director
Magnet TV

1965
As Director
TV Buddha

1974
As Director
TV Garden

1974
As Director
Moon is the Oldest TV

1992
As Director
Butterfly

1986
As Director
9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

1969
As Director
Wrap around the World

1988
As Director
Digital Experiment at Bell Labs

1967
As Director
Button Happening

1965
As Director
Early Color TV Manipulations

1968
As Director
Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

1992
As Director
TV Cello Premiere

1971
As Director
Analogue Assemblage

2000
As Director
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

1984
As Editor