Jack Smith
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 14 November 1932 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Died
- 25 September 1989
Jack Smith was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown.
Known for
Acting 48
- 2026The Bubble People
- 2017Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith as Himself (archive footage)
- 2014I Am Divine as Self (archive)
- 2012Love Thing
- 2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film as Himself (archive footage)
- 2008Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
- 2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Two Wrenching Departures
- 2004Star Spangled to Death as The Spirit Not of Life But of Living
- 1997Birth of a Nation as Self
- 1991Shadows in the City as Spirit of Death
- 1985Home Movies 1971-81
- 1981The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
- 1980The Trap Door as Dr. Shrinkelstein
- 1978The Secret of Rented Island
- 1972Night of the Dark Full Moon as Inmate
- 1970The Stone Age
- 1970Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks as Self
- 1969Filmmakers as Himself
- 1969Song for Rent as Rose Courtyard
- 1968Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self
- 1968The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
- 1968Flaming Twenties
- 1967The Illiac Passion as Orpheus
- 1967Poem Posters as Self
- 1967Joan of Arc as Self
- 1967I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord.....
- 1966Satisfaction as God
- 1966Hedy as soothsayer
- 1965Andy Warhol Screen Tests as Self
- 1965Camp
- 1965Dirt
- 1965Electrolux Lover
- 1964Jeremelu
- 1964The Devil is Dead
- 1964Batman Dracula as Batman / Dracula
- 1964Batman Dracula – “Jack Gerard Smoking”
- 1964Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph” as Batman
- 1964Lovers of Eternity
- 1964The Soap Opera
- 1964Screen Test: Jack Smith as Himself
- 1963Chumlum
- 1963Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love" as Self
- 1963Little Stabs at Happiness as Himself
- 1963Blonde Cobra as Madame Nescience
- 1961The Death of P'town as Fairy Vampire
- 1956Little Cobra Dance
- 1956Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice as Cult leader
Directing 17
- 2025Zombie of Uncle Pawnshop · director
- 1981Lucky Landlordism of Lobster Lagoon · director
- 1980Hot Air Specialists · director
- 1978The Secret of Rented Island · director
- 1970Wino · director
- 1969No President · director
- 1969Song for Rent · director
- 1968Normal Love Addendum Reel · director
- 1967Jungle Island · director
- 1967I Was a Male Yvonne De Carlo for the Lucky Landlord..... · director
- 1966Respectable Creatures · director
- 1966In the Grip of the Lobster Claw · director
- 1965The Yellow Sequence · director
- 1965Normal Love · director
- 1963Overstimulated · director
- 1963Flaming Creatures · director
- 1962Scotch Tape · director
Writing 2
- 1969No President · writer
- 1963Flaming Creatures · writer
Camera 1
- 1963Flaming Creatures · director of photography
Production 1
- 1963Flaming Creatures · producer
Editing 1
- 1963Flaming Creatures · editor