Tony Conrad
Born
3 July 1940 (85)
Place of Birth
Concord, New Hampshire, USA
Also known as
Anthony Conrad, Anthony Schmalz "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.
Filmography (40)
The Velvet Underground
2021
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
2017
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
2016
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
2012
Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen
2012
Loose Connection
2011
🎬 Director
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
2008
365 Day Project
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
Conversation II
2005
🎬 Director
Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain
2005
🎬 Director
Grading Tips for Teachers
2003
Music in the Afternoon
2002
Scanty Claus
2002
Grandma Baba and Little Boris
2000
Birth of a Nation
1997
The Genius
1993
Vidi Vici: Narrative and the death of desire
1988
🎬 DirectorWeak Bodies and Strong Wills
1986
🎬 Director
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
In Line
1985
Run Dick, Run Jane
1985
🎬 Director
Beholden to Victory
1983
🎬 DirectorPalace of Error
1982
Accordion
1981
Teddy Tells Jokes
1980
Tiding over till Tomorrow
1977
Concord Ultimatum
1977
🎬 Director
Movie Show
1977
🎬 Director
Cycles of 3s and 7s
1977
🎬 Director
Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals
1975
Film Feedback
1974
🎬 Director7302 Creole
1973
🎬 Director4-X Attack
1973
🎬 Director7360 Sukiyaki
1973
🎬 DirectorFour Square
1971
🎬 DirectorStraight and Narrow
1970
🎬 Director
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
1968
Joan of Arc
1967