Nam June Paik

Directing

July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006 (aged 73)

Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]

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."

Filmography

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Movie
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV2023 · Self (archive footage)
Tapes
Movie
Tapes2020
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Movie
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art2019
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
Movie
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus2018 · Self (archive footage)
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Movie
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film2011 · Himself (archive footage)
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Movie
Re: Maciunas and Fluxus2011
Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
Movie
Joseph Beuys - Coyote III2008 · Himself
365 Day Project
Movie
365 Day Project2007 · Self
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master
Movie
Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master2006 · Self (archive footage)
Winter in Miami 2005
Movie
Winter in Miami 20052006 · Self
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives
Movie
Nam June Paik: The Tiger Lives2003 · Self
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Movie
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty2000 · Self
April is the Cruelest Month
Movie
April is the Cruelest Month1999 · Self
Laboratorium Anthology
Movie
Laboratorium Anthology1999
Sexual Healing
Movie
Sexual Healing1998 · Self
Fresh off the Sea in Calape
Series
Fresh off the Sea in Calape1995
The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
Movie
The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties1994 · Self
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
Movie
The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus1993 · Self
Back to Fucking Cambridge
Movie
Back to Fucking Cambridge1987 · Anton von Webern
Bye Bye Kipling
Movie
Bye Bye Kipling1986 · Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Movie
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life1986 · Self (archive footage)
All Star Video
Movie
All Star Video1985 · Self
Home Movies 1971-81
Movie
Home Movies 1971-811985
Trip to Korea
Movie
Trip to Korea1984
Persistence of Vision
Movie
Persistence of Vision1984 · Self
Bonjour Nam June Paik I
Movie
Bonjour Nam June Paik I1982
Flux-Concert
Movie
Flux-Concert1979 · Self
Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde
Movie
Nam June Paik: The Good Conscience of the Avant Garde1977 · Self
A Tribute to John Cage
Movie
A Tribute to John Cage1976
Video: The New Wave
Movie
Video: The New Wave1975
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
Movie
Nam June Paik: Edited for Television1975 · Self
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Movie
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen1974 · Tom
26'1.1499" For A String Player
Movie
26'1.1499" For A String Player1973
Seminar
Movie
Seminar1969 · Self
Kunst und Ketchup
Movie
Kunst und Ketchup1966
P+A-I(k)
Movie
P+A-I(k)1966
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
Movie
Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan1964
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
Movie
Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes1964
Nam June Paik
Movie
Nam June Paik1962 · Self
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Movie
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)Nam June Paik