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Nam June Paik

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedJul 20, 1932 (Died at 74)
Zodiac Sign♋Cancer
Place of BirthGyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Career Span1962 – 2006
Known Credits64 Titles
Official Links
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DirectingPopularity Score 0.7

Nam June Paik

Also known as:백남준Paik Nam-june
Total Works

64

63 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

7.8 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

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."

Signature Roles & Milestones

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
7.8
as Self

Photos & Headshots1

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 64 titles featuring Nam June Paik

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
7.8

as Self

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
6.8

as Himself (archive footage)

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
6.8

as Self (archive footage)

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
8.4

as Self (archive footage)

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
7.8

as Tom

Zen for Film
5.3
Zen for Film
1964•movie

Role: Director

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
8.1

Role: Director

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
5.7
Global Groove
7.7
Global Groove
1973•movie

Role: Director

All Star Video
6.5
All Star Video
1985•anime

as Self

Beatles Electroniques
8.0

Role: Director

Electronic Moon No. 2
6.5

Role: Director

A Tribute to John Cage
6.0
365 Day Project
10.0
365 Day Project
2007•movie

as Self

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Back to Fucking Cambridge
8.0

as Anton von Webern

Waiting for Commercials
10.0

Role: Director

Lake Placid '80
8.0
Lake Placid '80
1980•movie

Role: Director

Guadalcanal Requiem
7.0

Role: Director

Merce by Merce by Paik
6.5

Role: Director

Butterfly
6.0
Butterfly
1986•movie

Role: Director

Persistence of Vision

as Self

Home Movies 1971-81
26'1.1499" For A String Player

as Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik
1962•movie

as Self

P+A-I(k)
P+A-I(k)
1966•movie
Bye Bye Kipling
Bye Bye Kipling
1986•movie

as Self

Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Tapes
Tapes
2020•movie
Video: The New Wave
Flux-Concert
Flux-Concert
1979•movie

as Self

Joseph Beuys - Coyote III

as Himself

The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties

as Self

Nam June Paik: Edited for Television

as Self

Bonjour Nam June Paik I
Laboratorium Anthology
Nam June Paik's Piano Piece
Electronic Opera no. 1

Role: Director

Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

Role: Director

Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

Role: Director

Suite 212
Suite 212
1974•movie

Role: Director

The Medium Is the Medium

Role: Director

One Candle, One Projection

Role: Director

Beuys
Beuys
1990•movie

Role: Director

Living with the Living Theatre

Role: Director

Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow

Role: Director

Adelic Penguins
Adelic Penguins
1986•movie

Role: Art Direction

Missa of Zen
Missa of Zen
1967•movie

Role: Director

Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5

Role: Director

Magnet TV
Magnet TV
1965•movie

Role: Director

TV Garden
TV Garden
1974•movie

Role: Director

TV Buddha
TV Buddha
1974•movie

Role: Director

9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood

Role: Director

Wrap around the World

Role: Director

Digital Experiment at Bell Labs

Role: Director

Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)

Role: Director

Early Color TV Manipulations

Role: Director

Button Happening
Button Happening
1965•movie

Role: Director

TV Cello Premiere
TV Cello Premiere
1971•movie

Role: Director

Analogue Assemblage

Role: Director

Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel
1993•movie

Role: Director