Pola Chapelle

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.269

Gender

Female

Birthday

18-Dec-1935

Age

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Hudson, New York, USA

Also Known As
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Pola Chapelle

Biography

Pola Chapelle was born on December 18, 1935 in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA. She is known for her work on Windflowers (1968), The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965) and Goodbye in the Mirror (1965). She was previously married to Adolfas Mekas.


Credits

Skyscraper Skyscraper (1965) Character: N/A
An Adolfas Mekas directed short parodying Italian art films of the time. It was created for use in a scene of the Broadway musical, "Skyscraper," starring Julie Harris and Peter Marshall, with a book by Peter Stone, music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
A Matter of Baobab A Matter of Baobab (1968) Character: N/A
International Cast of Actors: Jonas Mekas, from Lithuania, poet and film-maker; Louis Brigante, from Madagascar, poet and publisher; Storm De Hirsch, from Holland, poetess, seer and film-maker; Pola Chapelle, from Tierra del Fuego, singer and motel operator; Adolfas Mekas, from Lapland, basket weaver and film director; Contessa Angela Maria Andrecci di Castiglione, from Italy, opera singer.
Windflowers Windflowers (1968) Character: Julie
Arthouse portraiture of a disestablishmentarian during his six-year draft dodge.
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972) Character: Self
Jonas Mekas weaves an elegiac diary film from his 1971–72 return to Lithuania, chronicling a visit to his birthplace of Semeniškiai after decades in exile. Blending personal memory with documentary observation, the film becomes both a portrait of homecoming and a meditation on displacement, family, and the passage of time.
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011) Character: Herself (archive footage)
Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up as part of the experimental film community.
365 Day Project 365 Day Project (2007) Character: Self
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for an entire year, as indicated in the title, a large public (the artist's friends, as well as unknowns) were invited to view a diary of short films of various lengths (from one to twenty minutes) on the Internet. A movie was posted each day, adding to the previously posted pieces, resulting altogether in nearly thirty-eight hours of moving images.
Going Home Going Home (1972) Character: Herself
A home movie by Adolfas Mekas and wife Pola Chapelle on their travels to Lithuania and Europe. It was filmed concurrently with the more highly regarded “Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania” by Jonas Mekas, brother to Adolfas.
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) Character: Self (archive footage)
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.



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