
Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1932-07-20 00:00:00
Birth Place:Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Known For:Directing
Death Date:2006-01-29 00:00:00
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Nam June Paik
Biography
Nam June Paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He coined the phrase "Information Superhighway" in 1974, and has been called the "father of video art."
Filmography (40)

365 Day Project
Role: Self2007

Home Movies 1971-81
actor1985

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Role: Self (archive footage)1986

Flux-Concert
Role: Self1979

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Role: Self2000

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Role: Tom1974

Back to Fucking Cambridge
Role: Anton von Webern1987

Bye Bye Kipling
Role: Self1986
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Processing the Signal
Role: Himself2026
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Seminar
Role: Self1969

All Star Video
Role: Self1985

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
actor1995

Persistence of Vision
Role: Self1984

Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
actor1964
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Kunst und Ketchup
actor1966

Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
actor2019
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Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes
actor1964

Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
actor2011

George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
Role: Self (archive footage)2018

Tapes
actor2020
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Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
Role: Nam June Paik2026

Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
Role: Himself2008
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The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus
Role: Self2026
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Winter in Miami 2005
Role: Self2006

Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
Role: Self1975

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Role: Self (archive footage)2023

A Tribute to John Cage
actor1976

26'1.1499" For A String Player
actor1973

9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood
director1969

Beuys
director1990

Butterfly
director1986

Moon is the Oldest TV
director1992

TV Garden
director1974

TV Buddha
director1974

Magnet TV
director1965

Merce by Merce by Paik
director1978

Guadalcanal Requiem
director1977

Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5
director1972

Missa of Zen
director1967
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Deoksu Palace
director1992