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Gregory Markopoulos

Birth:
March 12, 1928 (Toledo, Ohio)

Death:
Nov. 12,1992

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Major Works:
Genius (1970)
The Illiac Passion (1967)
Eros O Basileus (1966)
Galaxie (1966)
Himself as Herself (1966)
Ming Green (1966)
The Death of Hemingway (1965)
Twice a Man (1964)
Serenity (1955-60)
Eldora (1952)
Flowers of Asphalt (1951)
Swain (1950)
Lysis (1948)
Charmides (1948)
The Dead Ones (1948)
Psyche (1947-48)

Years Working:
1948
1951 — 1952
1960 — 1966

Notes:
Usually referred to by his full name: Gregory J. Markopoulos

In 1967, Markopoulos and his lover Robert Beavers left America for Greece whereupon the filmmaker refused to have his films shown in the U.S. anymore.

Died of lymphoma. After his death, Beavers made Markopoulos’ films public again.

Was the first filmmaking instructor at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.

Online Resources:
IMDB: Profile
Bright Lights Film Journal: Profile
ArtForum: Profile
New York Times: Obituary

Film Books About Gregory Markopoulos:
The Essential Cinema: Essays on the films in the collection of Anthology Film Archives, Volume One, ed. P. Adams Sitney. (New York University Press and Anthology Film Archives, 1975) (Chapter 12: Flowers and Flight (Markopoulos’ Swain), Donald Weinstein, pp. 230-233.)
An Introduction to the American Underground Film by Sheldon Renan (E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1967) (Published simultaneously in Canada by Clarke, Irwin and Company, Limited, Toronto and Vancouver) (pp. 164-167.)

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