Marie Menken
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 25, 1909
- Died
- December 29, 1970 (aged 61)
- Birthplace
- New York, New York
Biography
Marie Menken was born Marie Menkevicius in New York City on May 25, 1909, the daughter of Catholic Lithuanian immigrants. She grew up in Brooklyn with a brother and a sister, in a home used to frequent financial difficulties. Both she and her sister Adele later changed their surname to Menken. Marie Menken and Willard Maas had got married in 1937, moving into a Brooklyn penthouse at 62 Montague Street which they would inhabit until their deaths. She died on December 29, 1970. Four days after her death, on January 2, 1971, Willard Maas died.
Known For
Filmography
For Leo Castelli
Movie · Director
Excursion
Movie · Director
Watts with Eggs
Movie · Director
Lights
Movie · Director
Sidewalks
Movie · Director
Andy Warhol
Movie · Director
Go! Go! Go!
Movie · Director
Wrestling
Movie · Director
Lita's Party
Movie · Director
Notebook
Movie · Director
Moonplay
Movie · Director
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger
Movie · Director
Eye Music in Red Major
Movie · Director
Mood Mondrian
Movie · Director
Drips in Strips
Movie · Director
Bagatelle for Willard Maas
Movie · Director
Dwightiana
Movie · Director
The Gravediggers from Guadix
Movie · Director
Zenscapes
Movie · Director
Glimpse of the Garden
Movie · Director
Hurry, Hurry!
Movie · Director
Visual Variations on Noguchi
Movie · Director