Tony Conrad
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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
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968)
as Self

The Velvet Underground (2021)
as Self (voice)

365 Day Project (2007)
as Self

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007)
as Self

Birth of a Nation (1997)
as Self

Home Movies 1971-81 (1985)
Actor

The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda (1968)
Actor

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2012)
Actor

Normal Love (1965)
as Mummy

Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith (2017)
as Himself (archive footage)

Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present (2016)
as Himself

Laboratorium Anthology (1999)
Actor

Joan of Arc (1967)
as Self
Palace of Error (1982)
Actor

Music in the Afternoon (2002)
as Self

Tiding over till Tomorrow (1977)
Actor

Scanty Claus (2002)
as Mrs. Claus

Grandma Baba and Little Boris (2000)
as Old Bandy Legs

Grading Tips for Teachers (2003)
as Himself

Teddy Tells Jokes (1980)
Actor

The Genius (1993)
as Dirk Dirkson

Doing the City / Urban Community Intervention (—)
as Self

In Line (1985)
Actor

Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist (2008)
Actor
Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen (2012)
as Self

Accordion (1981)
Actor





