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Tony Conrad

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

The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
2021 • Self (voice)
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
2017 • Himself (archive footage)
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
2016 • Himself
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
2012
Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen
2012 • Self
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
2008
365 Day Project
365 Day Project
2007 • Self
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007 • Self

Full filmography

Scanty Claus
Scanty Claus
2002 • Mrs. Claus
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The Genius
The Genius
1993 • Dirk Dirkson
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Normal Love
Normal Love
1965 • Mummy
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Tony Conrad – Biography, Known For & Filmography