CRITERION LICENSES JONAS MEKAS' AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL FOR BLU-RAY RELEASE OF TODD HAYNES' THE VELVET UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY

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CRITERION LICENSES JONAS MEKAS' AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL FOR BLU-RAY RELEASE OF TODD HAYNES' THE VELVET UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY

GME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Peter Emmanuel Goldman's ECHOES OF SILENCE (1964), Jonas Mekas’ AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990), and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) to Todd Haynes and Swish Productions for the Apple TV+ broadcast of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY BY OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR TODD HAYNES LICENSES CLIPS FROM BACHMANN, GOLDMAN, MEKAS, & SONBERT FOR APPLE TV+

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY BY OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR TODD HAYNES LICENSES CLIPS FROM BACHMANN, GOLDMAN, MEKAS, & SONBERT FOR APPLE TV+

GME provided scenes from Gideon Bachmann’s UNDERGROUND NEW YORK (1968), Peter Emmanuel Goldman's ECHOES OF SILENCE (1964), Jonas Mekas’ AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990), and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), and Warren Sonbert’s AMPHETAMINE (1966) to Todd Haynes for the Apple TV+ broadcast of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.


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MIDNIGHT COWBOY DOCUMENTARY FROM AUGUSTA FILMS LICENSES JONAS MEKAS FOOTAGE

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MIDNIGHT COWBOY DOCUMENTARY FROM AUGUSTA FILMS LICENSES JONAS MEKAS FOOTAGE

GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film REPORT FROM MILLBROOK (1965-1966) and SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1990, from THE SIXTIES QUARTET, 1990-1999) for director Nancy Buirski’s documentary about a dark and difficult masterpiece and the deeply gifted and flawed people who made it. It is about New York in a troubled era of cultural ferment and social change.


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ANDY WARHOL'S AMERICA BBC DOCUMENTARY SERIES LICENSES FOOTAGE FROM JONAS MEKAS' WALDEN

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ANDY WARHOL'S AMERICA BBC DOCUMENTARY SERIES LICENSES FOOTAGE FROM JONAS MEKAS' WALDEN

WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969) is a 3-hour masterwork included in the collection JONAS MEKAS: THE MAJOR WORKS avialable from GME. Mekas’ footage of the Velvet Underground’s maiden performance at the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry appears in an episode of the 3 part BBC series.


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MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY BY ERROL MORRIS LICENSES JONAS MEKAS FOOTAGE FOR TIMOTHY LEARY DOC, AIRED ON SHOWTIME

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MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY BY ERROL MORRIS LICENSES JONAS MEKAS FOOTAGE FOR TIMOTHY LEARY DOC, AIRED ON SHOWTIME

GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film REPORT FROM MILLBROOK (1965-1966, part of his magnum opus WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES, 1969) to Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris for his documentary about Leary’s whirlwind romance with Joanna Harcourt-Smith. The film began broadcasting on Showtime in December 2020.


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NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, BROADCAST ON THE PBS SERIES AMERICAN MASTERS, LICENSES CLIPS FROM JONAS MEKAS FILMS

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NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE, BROADCAST ON THE PBS SERIES AMERICAN MASTERS, LICENSES CLIPS FROM JONAS MEKAS FILMS

GME provided footage from Jonas Mekas’ films, including SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990) and WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969), to acclaimed director Martin Scorsese for his Peabody Award-winning portrait of Bob Dylan, originally released on PBS in 2005.


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ANDY WARHOL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY RIC BURNS, AIRED ON PBS’ AMERICAN MASTER SERIES, LICENSES FOOTAGE FROM FILMS BY JONAS MEKAS AND MARIE MENKEN

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ANDY WARHOL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY RIC BURNS, AIRED ON PBS’ AMERICAN MASTER SERIES, LICENSES FOOTAGE FROM FILMS BY JONAS MEKAS AND MARIE MENKEN

GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL (1964), the films of Marie Menken and others to Steeplechase Films (WNET) for their 4 hour, 2006 PBS broadcast and DVD release of ANDY WARHOL: A DOCUMENTARY FILM.


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SEVEN AGES OF ROCK SERIES BROADCAST ON THE BBC LICENSES FOOTAGE FROM JONAS MEKAS' WALDEN

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SEVEN AGES OF ROCK SERIES BROADCAST ON THE BBC LICENSES FOOTAGE FROM JONAS MEKAS' WALDEN

WALDEN: DIARIES, NOTES, AND SKETCHES (1969) is a 3-hour masterwork included the collection JONAS MEKAS: THE MAJOR WORKS avialable from GME. Mekas’ footage of the Velvet Underground appears in program 2 of SEVEN AGES OF ROCK, "“White Light, White Heat”.


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LEGEND: JACKIE O. DOC BROADCAST ON WDR (GERMANY) LICENSES JONAS MEKAS’ THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

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LEGEND: JACKIE O. DOC BROADCAST ON WDR (GERMANY) LICENSES JONAS MEKAS’ THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (1999) for WDR’s 2007 German television release, LEGEND: JACKIE O.

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IN THE SHADOW OF JACKIE DOCUMENTARY LICENSES FOOTAGE FROM JONAS MEKAS FILMS, AIRED ON BELGIUM’S NATIONAL TELEVISION CHANNEL LA UNE

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IN THE SHADOW OF JACKIE DOCUMENTARY LICENSES FOOTAGE FROM JONAS MEKAS FILMS, AIRED ON BELGIUM’S NATIONAL TELEVISION CHANNEL LA UNE

GME provided scenes from Jonas Mekas’ film SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL (1963-1990) and THIS SIDE OF PARADISE (1999) for this upcoming documentary project by Patrick Jeudy (BOBBY KENNEDY: THE MAN WHO WANTED TO CHANGE AMERICA, MARILYN, DERNIÈRES SÉANCES, ect.) from No School Productions.

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