Nam June Paik
Gyeongseong, 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."

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Crew

Analogue Assemblage (2000)
Director
Deoksu Palace (1992)
Director
Moon is the Oldest TV (1992)
Director
Video Commune (Beatles From Beginning to End) (1992)
Director
Infinite Escher (1990)
Art Direction
Beuys (1990)
Director
Living with the Living Theatre (1989)
Director
Wrap around the World (1988)
Director
One Candle, One Projection (1988)
Director
Adelic Penguins (1986)
Art Direction
Butterfly (1986)
Director
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell (1984)
Director | Writer
Allan ‘n’ Allen’s Complaint (1982)
Director
Lake Placid '80 (1980)
Director
Merce by Merce by Paik (1978)
Director
Suite 212 (1974)
Director
TV Buddha (1974)
Director
TV Garden (1974)
Director
Global Groove (1973)
Director
Cinema Metaphysique No. 1-5 (1972)
Director
TV Cello Premiere (1971)
Director
Electronic Opera no. 1 (1969)
Director
Beatles Electroniques (1969)
Director
9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood (1969)
Director
The Medium Is the Medium (1968)
Director
Early Color TV Manipulations (1968)
Director
Missa of Zen (1967)
Director
Digital Experiment at Bell Labs (1967)
Director
Electronic Moon No. 2 (1966)
Director
Waiting for Commercials (1966)
Director
Electronic Fables (1965)
Director
Button Happening (1965)
Director
Magnet TV (1965)
Director