Playwright, underground filmmaker, and performance artist Jack Smith frequently appeared in avant-garde films by such New York artists as Andy Warhol and Scott and Beth B. He made short films in the early '60s, most notably his notorious Flaming Creatures, which featured an all-transvestite cast. An offbeat, informal, and campy homage to B-movie actress Maria Montez, Smith made the film on a 300-dollar budget using old black-and-white film stock. Considered obscene at the time of its release, the film was confiscated by the New York police and was not publicly released until the '70s by the film's most ardent admirer, Jonas Mekas.
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Two Wrenching Departures
Archival Appearance |
2006 | |||
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Shadows in the City
Actor |
1991 | |||
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Respectable Creatures
Cinematographer, Director, Editor |
1983 | |||
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The Trap Door
Actor |
1980 | |||
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Hot Air Specialists
Actor, Director, Editor |
1979 | |||
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Underground and Emigrants
Participant |
1976 | |||
| 1973 | ||||
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Diaries, Notes and Sketches
Participant |
1970 | |||
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No President
Cinematographer, Director, Editor |
1969 | |||
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Song for Rent
Actor, Director, Editor |
1969 | |||
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I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo
Archival Appearance, Director, Editor |
1968 | |||
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The Illiac Passion
Actor |
1968 | |||
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Reefers of Technicolor Island
Cinematographer, Director, Editor |
1967 | |||
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Normal Love
Cinematographer, Director, Editor |
1965 | |||
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Batman Dracula
Actor |
1964 | |||
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Chumlum
Actor |
1964 | |||
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Blonde Cobra
Actor |
1963 | |||
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Flaming Creatures
Cinematographer, Director, Editor |
1963 | |||
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Overstimulated
Cinematographer, Director, Editor |
1963 | |||
| 1962 | ||||
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Scotch Tape
Cinematographer, Director |
1962 | |||
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The Death of P'Town
Actor |
1961 | |||
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Little Cobra Dance
Actor |
1957 | |||
| 1957 | ||||
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Star Spangled to Death
Actor |
1957 |