
Nam June Paik
Directing
1932-07-20 — 2006-01-29Gyeongseong, South Korea [now Seoul]
Nam June Paik was the first video artist who experimented with electronic media and made a profound impact on the art of video and television. He coined the phrase "Information Superhighway" in 1974, and has been called the "father of video art."
Known For

7.6
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 · movie

6.9
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023 · movie

10.0
365 Day Project
2007 · movie

6.5
All Star Video
1985 · movie

8.2
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · movie

Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964 · movie

Flux-Concert
1979 · movie

Bye Bye Kipling
1986 · movie

Home Movies 1971-81
1985 · movie

7.9
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974 · movie

Persistence of Vision
1984 · movie
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Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
· movie

Tapes
2020 · movie

5.7
"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1995 · movie

6.0
A Tribute to John Cage
1976 · movie

Kill Your TV: Jim Moir’s Weird World of Video Art
2019 · movie

7.0
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
2018 · movie

Back to Fucking Cambridge
1987 · movie

Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2011 · movie

The Electronic Super Highway: Nam June Paik in the Nineties
1994 · movie

Joseph Beuys - Coyote III
2008 · movie

Video: The New Wave
1975 · movie

26'1.1499" For A String Player
1973 · movie

Nam June Paik
1962 · movie

Nam June Paik: Edited for Television
1975 · movie

P+A-I(k)
1966 · movie