Tony Conrad

Biography

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

The Velvet Underground

Birth of a Nation

365 Day Project

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

Normal Love

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

All Movies (24)

• The Velvet Underground2021 · as Self (voice)
• Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith2017 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present2016 · as Himself
• The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye2012
• Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen2012 · as Self
• Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist2008
• 365 Day Project2007 · as Self
• Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis2007 · as Self
• Grading Tips for Teachers2003 · as Himself
• Music in the Afternoon2002 · as Self
• Scanty Claus2002 · as Mrs. Claus
• Grandma Baba and Little Boris2000 · as Old Bandy Legs
• Birth of a Nation1997 · as Self
• The Genius1993 · as Dirk Dirkson
• Home Movies 1971-811985
• In Line1985
• Palace of Error1982
• Accordion1981
• Teddy Tells Jokes1980
• Tiding over till Tomorrow1977
• Diaries, Notes, and Sketches1968 · as Self
• The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda1968
• Joan of Arc1967 · as Self
• Normal Love1965 · as Mummy