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

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
The Velvet Underground
2021
365 Day Project
2007
Birth of a Nation
1997
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Chumlum
1963
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
Coming Attractions
1970
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
1968
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
2016
Library
1970
Laboratorium Anthology
1999

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
26
Directing
26
Camera
3
Sound
9
Lighting
1
Crew
2
2021
The Velvet Underground
as Self (voice)
2017
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
as Himself (archive footage)
2016
Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present
as Himself
2012
Lower East Side 12.12.12: Tony Conrad Interviewed by Michael Cohen
as Self
2012
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
2008
Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
2007
365 Day Project
as Self
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
2003
Grading Tips for Teachers
as Himself
2002
Music in the Afternoon
as Self
2002
Scanty Claus
as Mrs. Claus
2000
Grandma Baba and Little Boris
as Old Bandy Legs
1999
Laboratorium Anthology
1997
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1993
The Genius
as Dirk Dirkson
1985
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
In Line
1982
Palace of Error
1981
Accordion
1980
Teddy Tells Jokes
1977
Tiding over till Tomorrow
1968
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
1967
Joan of Arc
as Self
1965
Normal Love
as Mummy
Doing the City / Urban Community Intervention
as Self