Gregory J. Markopoulos

Gregory J Markopoulos March 12 1928 November 12 1992 was an American experimental filmmaker Born in Toledo Ohio to Greek immigrant parents Markopoulos began making 8 mm films at an early age He attended USC Film School in the late 1940s and went on to become a cofounder with Jonas Mekas Shirley Clarke Stan Brakhage and others of the New American Cinema movement He was as well a contributor to Film Culture magazine and an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago In 1967 he and his partner Robert Beavers left the United States for permanent residence in Europe Once ensconced in selfimposed exile Markopoulos withdrew his films from circulation refused any interviews and insisted that a chapter about him be removed from the second edition of Visionary Film P Adams Sitneys seminal study of American avantgarde cinema While he continued to make films his work went largely unseen for almost 30 years