Nam June Paik
🎬 Director

Nam June Paik

🎂 Born 20 July 1932 (age 73)✝ 29 January 2006📍 Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
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Popularity Score
25
Acting Credits
38
Directed

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."

Known For

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
★ 7.7
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
Self
365 Day Project
★ 10.0
365 Day Project
2007
Self
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
★ 6.8
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
Self (archive footage)

Directed Films(38)

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
★ 8.1
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
Director
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel
1993
Director
All Star Video
★ 6.5
All Star Video
1985
Director
Global Groove
★ 7.7
Global Groove
1973
Director
Bye Bye Kipling
Bye Bye Kipling
1986
Director
Beatles Electroniques
★ 8.0
Beatles Electroniques
1969
Director
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010
Director
Waiting for Commercials
★ 10.0
Waiting for Commercials
1966
Director
Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
1972
Director
Merce by Merce by Paik
★ 6.5
Merce by Merce by Paik
1978
Director
Zen for Film
★ 5.4
Zen for Film
1964
Director
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
1982
Director
Suite 212
Suite 212
1974
Director
Beuys
Beuys
1990
Director
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
★ 5.7
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995
Director
Living with the Living Theatre
Living with the Living Theatre
1989
Director
Lake Placid '80
★ 8.0
Lake Placid '80
1980
Director
TV Cello Premiere
TV Cello Premiere
1971
Director
TV Garden
TV Garden
1974
Director
Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
1978
Director
Missa of Zen
Missa of Zen
1967
Director
Early Color TV Manipulations
Early Color TV Manipulations
1968
Director
One Candle, One Projection
One Candle, One Projection
1988
Director
Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
1992
Director
A Tribute to John Cage
★ 6.0
A Tribute to John Cage
1976
Director
Electronic Opera no. 1
Electronic Opera no. 1
1969
Director
9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
1969
Director
Guadalcanal Requiem
★ 7.0
Guadalcanal Requiem
1977
Director
Magnet TV
Magnet TV
1965
Director
Moon is the Oldest TV
Moon is the Oldest TV
1992
Director
The Medium Is the Medium
The Medium Is the Medium
1969
Director
TV Buddha
TV Buddha
1974
Director
Digital Experiment at Bell Labs
Digital Experiment at Bell Labs
1967
Director
Electronic Moon No. 2
★ 6.0
Electronic Moon No. 2
1966
Director
Button Happening
Button Happening
1965
Director
Butterfly
★ 6.0
Butterfly
1986
Director
Analogue Assemblage
Analogue Assemblage
2000
Director
Wrap around the World
Wrap around the World
1988
Director

Full Filmography(25 films)

YearTitleRating
2000As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty★ 7.72007365 Day Project★ 10.01964Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan—2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV★ 6.82018George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus★ 7.01985All Star Video★ 6.51985Home Movies 1971-81—1986Bye Bye Kipling—1987Back to Fucking Cambridge★ 8.01979Flux-Concert—2011Re: Maciunas and Fluxus—1974‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen★ 7.82020Tapes—1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life★ 8.41984Persistence of Vision—1975Video: The New Wave—197326'1.1499" For A String Player—2019Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art—1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman★ 5.71962Nam June Paik—1994The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties—1976A Tribute to John Cage★ 6.01975Nam June Paik: Edited for Television—2008Joseph Beuys - Coyote III—1966P+A-I(k)—
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