Tony Conrad

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The Flicker (1966) — Director
2. Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals (1975) — Director
3. Scanty Claus (2002) — Director
4. Grading Tips for Teachers (2003) — Director
5. Tiding over till Tomorrow (1977) — Director
6. Beholden to Victory (1983) — Director
7. Straight and Narrow (1970) — Director
8. 4-X Attack (1973) — Director
9. Conversation II (2005) — Director
10. The Eye of Count Flickerstein (1967) — Director
11. Film Feedback (1974) — Director
12. Concord Ultimatum (1977) — Director
13. Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain (2005) — Director
14. Palace of Error (1982) — Director
15. Teddy Tells Jokes (1980) — Director
16. In Line (1985) — Director
17. Run Dick, Run Jane (1985) — Director
18. Vidi Vici: Narrative and the death of desire (1988) — Director
19. Weak Bodies and Strong Wills (1986) — Director
20. Loose Connection (2011) — Director
21. Cycles of 3s and 7s (1977) — Director
22. Movie Show (1977) — Director
23. Accordion (1981) — Director
24. 7302 Creole (1973) — Director
25. Four Square (1971) — Director
26. 7360 Sukiyaki (1973) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Velvet Underground (2021) — Self (voice)
2. Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) — Self
3. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2012)
4. The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda (1968)
5. Normal Love (1965) — Mummy
6. Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present (2016) — Himself
7. Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007) — Self
8. Birth of a Nation (1997) — Self
9. Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist (2008)
10. The Genius (1993) — Dirk Dirkson
11. 365 Day Project (2007) — Self
12. Palace of Error (1982)
13. Home Movies 1971-81 (1985)
14. Tiding over till Tomorrow (1977)
15. Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen (2012) — Self
16. Teddy Tells Jokes (1980)
17. In Line (1985)
18. Joan of Arc (1967) — Self
19. Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith (2017) — Himself (archive footage)
20. Accordion (1981)
21. Grandma Baba and Little Boris (2000) — Old Bandy Legs
22. Music in the Afternoon (2002) — Self
23. Scanty Claus (2002) — Mrs. Claus
24. Grading Tips for Teachers (2003) — Himself