Tony Conrad
July 3, 1940 (84 years old) in Concord, New Hampshire, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · The Velvet Underground as Self (voice)
- 2017 · Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith as Himself (archive footage)
- 2016 · Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present as Himself
- 2012 · The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye as
- 2012 · Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen as Self
- 2008 · Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist as
- 2007 · 365 Day Project as
- 2007 · Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis as Self
- 2003 · Grading Tips for Teachers as Himself
- 2002 · Music in the Afternoon as Self
- 2002 · Scanty Claus as Mrs. Claus
- 2000 · Grandma Baba and Little Boris as Old Bandy Legs
- 1997 · Birth of a Nation as Self
- 1993 · The Genius as Dirk Dirkson
- 1985 · Home Movies 1971-81 as
- 1985 · In Line as
- 1982 · Palace of Error as
- 1981 · Accordion as
- 1980 · Teddy Tells Jokes as
- 1977 · Tiding over till Tomorrow as
- 1968 · Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self
- 1968 · The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda as
- 1967 · Joan of Arc as
- 1963 · Normal Love as Mummy