Tony Conrad
Known for: Directing
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
Film
The Velvet Underground
Self (voice)
2021
Film
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
1968
Film
365 Day Project
Self
2007
Film
Normal Love
Mummy
1965
Film
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
Himself
2016
Film
Birth of a Nation
Self
1997
Film
Joan of Arc
Self
1967
Film
The Genius
Dirk Dirkson
1993
Film
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Self
2007
Film
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
2012
Film
Teddy Tells Jokes
1980
Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen
Self
2012
Film
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
1968
Film
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
Himself (archive footage)
2017
Palace of Error
1982
Film
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Film
Grading Tips for Teachers
Himself
2003
Film
Music in the Afternoon
Self
2002
Film
Accordion
1981
Film
Tiding over till Tomorrow
1977
Film
Grandma Baba and Little Boris
Old Bandy Legs
2000
Film
Scanty Claus
Mrs. Claus
2002
Film
In Line
1985
Film
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
2008