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Paul Sharits

Directing

  • Born
  • February 7, 1943
  • Died
  • July 8, 1993
  • Place of birth
  • Denver, Colorado, USA

Biography

Trained as a graphic artist and a painter, Paul Sharits became an avant-garde filmmaker noted for manipulating the film stock itself to create a variety of fascinating, abstract light and colorplays when projected on the screen. Fans hail the effects hallucinogenic, while his detractors find them garish. Sharits is also known for establishing experimental film groups at prominent universities, including one at the University of Indiana where he studied. He later taught and developed an undergraduate film program at Antioch College. Between 1973 and 1992, Sharits taught at the Center for Media Study at the State University of New York. His films can be seen in various U.S. and European museums, film centers, and libraries. Much of his work can be found in the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. ~ Sandra Brennan,

As actor 10

On the crew 41

Shutter Interface
1975
Tirgu Jiu
1976
3rd Degree poster
3rd Degree
1982
Word Movie poster
Word Movie
1966
Wintercourse poster
Wintercourse
1962
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970 poster
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010
Apparent Motion poster
Apparent Motion
1975
Declarative Mode poster
Declarative Mode
1977
Axiomatic Granularity poster
Axiomatic Granularity
1973
Bad Burns poster
Bad Burns
1982
Episodic Generation poster
Episodic Generation
1978
Inferential Current poster
Inferential Current
1971
Unrolling Event poster
Unrolling Event
1965
Rapture poster
Rapture
1987
Wrist Trick poster
Wrist Trick
1965
Tails poster
Tails
1976
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G poster
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
1969
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED poster
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED
1971
Vertical Contiguity
1974
3D Movie
1975
N:O:T:H:I:N:G poster
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
1968
Dots 1 & 2 poster
Dots 1 & 2
1965
Razor Blades poster
Razor Blades
1968
Synchronousoundtracks poster
Synchronousoundtracks
1974
Dream Displacement
1976
Piece Mandala/End War
1966
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages poster
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
1974
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame poster
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
1971
Sound Strip/Film Strip poster
Sound Strip/Film Strip
1972
Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu poster
Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
1984
Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines poster
Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines
1971
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames poster
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
1976
Epileptic Seizure Comparison poster
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
1976
Sears Catalogue 1-3 poster
Sears Catalogue 1-3
1965
The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
1974
Ray Gun Virus
1966
Passare I (Italia)
1979
Sketches in Hawaii
1981
Color Sound Frames
1974
Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire
1971
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
1986