Paul Sharits
Directing
1943-02-07 · Denver, Colorado, USA
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,
Filmography
Paul Sharits
2015 · Movie
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010 · Movie
Funtime at the Vasulkas
2006 · Movie
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 · Movie
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Movie
Rapture
1987 · Movie
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
1986 · Movie
Home Movies 1971-81
1985 · Movie
Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
1984 · Movie
3rd Degree
1982 · Movie
Bad Burns
1982 · Movie
Cinématon XIII
1981 · Movie
Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits
1981 · Movie
Sketches in Hawaii
1981 · Movie
Passare I (Italia)
1979 · Movie
Cinématon
1978 · Movie
Episodic Generation
1978 · Movie
Declarative Mode
1977 · Movie
On the Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious, or Can the Avant-Garde Artist Be Wholed?
1977 · Movie
Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady
1976 · Movie
Tirgu Jiu
1976 · Movie
Tails
1976 · Movie
Dream Displacement
1976 · Movie
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
1976 · Movie
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
1976 · Movie
Apparent Motion
1975 · Movie
Shutter Interface
1975 · Movie
3D Movie
1975 · Movie
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
1974 · Movie
Vertical Contiguity
1974 · Movie
The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
1974 · Movie
Synchronousoundtracks
1974 · Movie
Color Sound Frames
1974 · Movie
Axiomatic Granularity
1973 · Movie
Sound Strip/Film Strip
1972 · Movie
Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines
1971 · Movie
Inferential Current
1971 · Movie
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED
1971 · Movie
Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire
1971 · Movie
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
1971 · Movie
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
1969 · Movie
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
1968 · Movie
Razor Blades
1968 · Movie
Ray Gun Virus
1966 · Movie
Word Movie
1966 · Movie
Piece Mandala/End War
1966 · Movie
Unrolling Event
1965 · Movie
Wrist Trick
1965 · Movie
Dots 1 & 2
1965 · Movie
Sears Catalogue 1-3
1965 · Movie
Wintercourse
1962 · Movie