Personal Info
Birthday
July 20, 1932
Place of Birth
Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Known For
Directing
Nam June Paik
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."
Directed Movies (38)
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Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
Movie2010
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Analogue Assemblage
Movie2000
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"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
Movie1995
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Sistine Chapel
Movie1993
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Moon is the Oldest TV
Movie1992
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Video Commune (Beatles from Beginning to End)
Movie1992
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Beuys
Movie1990
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Living with the Living Theatre
Movie1989
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One Candle, One Projection
Movie1988
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Wrap around the World
Movie1988
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Bye Bye Kipling
Movie1986
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Butterfly
Movie1986
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All Star Video
Movie1985
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Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Movie1984
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Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
Movie1982
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Lake Placid '80
Movie1980
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Media Shuttle: New York - Moscow
Movie1978
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Merce by Merce by Paik
Movie1978
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Guadalcanal Requiem
Movie1977
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A Tribute to John Cage
Movie1976
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Suite 212
Movie1974
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TV Buddha
Movie1974
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TV Garden
Movie1974
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Global Groove
Movie1973
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Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
Movie1972
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TV Cello Premiere
Movie1971
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Electronic Opera no. 1
Movie1969
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The Medium Is the Medium
Movie1969
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Beatles Electroniques
Movie1969
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9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
Movie1969
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Early Color TV Manipulations
Movie1968
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Missa of Zen
Movie1967
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Digital Experiment at Bell Labs
Movie1967
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Waiting for Commercials
Movie1966
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Electronic Moon No. 2
Movie1966
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Magnet TV
Movie1965
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Button Happening
Movie1965
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Zen for Film
Movie1964
Acting Filmography (27)
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Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Movie2023
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Tapes
Movie2020
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Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
Movie2019
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George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
Movie2018
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Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Movie2011
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Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
Movie2011
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Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
Movie2008
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365 Day Project
Movie2007
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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Movie2000
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"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
Movie1995
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The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
Movie1994
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Back to Fucking Cambridge
Movie1987
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Bye Bye Kipling
Movie1986
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Movie1986
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All Star Video
Movie1985
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Home Movies 1971-81
Movie1985
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Persistence of Vision
Movie1984
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Bonjour Nam June Paik I
Movie1982
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Flux-Concert
Movie1979
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A Tribute to John Cage
Movie1976
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Video: The New Wave
Movie1975
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Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
Movie1975
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‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Movie1974
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26'1.1499" For A String Player
Movie1973
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P+A-I(k)
Movie1966
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Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
Movie1964
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Nam June Paik
Movie1962