Guy Sherwin
Directing
Born in 1948, Guy Sherwin studied painting at Chelsea School of Art in London. Inspired by films and expanded cinema from the London Filmmakers’ Co-op, he began making films and acquired laboratory skills while working there during the 1970s. His 16mm films are often highly concentrated in their form, but very diverse in terms of their imagery and approach. The Short Film Series (1975-ongoing) and live performance pieces such as Man with Mirror (1976-ongoing) involve human, animal and natural phenomena transcribed as filmic subjects, while his optical sound films and performances explore a wide variety of abstract audiovisual ideas.
Filmography
Animal Studies (Egret / Seagull Reflection / Midges / Spider / Swans in a Line)
2026 · Movie
Four Films about Music (Silent Jazz / Orchestra / Pause / Interior Music)
2026 · Movie
Split Wires
2022 · Movie
Why there is something rather than nothing
2019 · Movie
Half Light
2018 · Movie
Paper Landscape #2
2017 · Movie
Nijomasue
2017 · Movie
Light Cycles
2016 · Movie
Remjet
2015 · Movie
Short Film Series
2014 · Movie
Guy & Kai
2013 · Movie
Piano
2013 · Movie
Window/Light
2013 · Movie
New Shores
2012 · Movie
Yi Wei
2011 · Movie
Mei
2010 · Movie
Paper Landscape
2009 · Movie
Cross Section #2
2007 · Movie
Optical Sound
2007 · Movie
Notes #2
2007 · Movie
Interval #2
2007 · Movie
Abrasion Loops
2007 · Movie
Sound Cuts
2007 · Movie
Mobius Loops
2007 · Movie
Bay Bridge from Embarcadero
2006 · Movie
After the Freeway
2006 · Movie
Views from Home
2005 · Movie
Vowels & Consonants
2005 · Movie
Bruce Baillie at Total Mobile Home Talking About All My Life
2004 · Movie
Newsprint #2
2003 · Movie
Camden Road Station
2003 · Movie
Cycles #3
2003 · Movie
Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna
2000 · Movie
Filter Beds
1998 · Movie
Flight
1998 · Movie
Cat
1998 · Movie
Animal Studies
1998 · Movie
Clouds & Wires
1998 · Movie
Tree & Cloud
1998 · Movie
Gnats
1998 · Movie
Tree Reflection
1998 · Movie
Coots
1998 · Movie
Prelude
1996 · Movie
Under the Freeway
1995 · Movie
Mile End Purgatorio
1991 · Movie
Salt Water
1986 · Movie
Messages
1984 · Movie
Wind & Water
1980 · Movie
Connemara
1980 · Movie
Notes #1
1979 · Movie
Notes
1979 · Movie
Night Train
1979 · Movie
Cycle
1978 · Movie
Eye
1978 · Movie
Maya
1978 · Movie
Metronome
1978 · Movie
Tap
1978 · Movie
Light Leaves
1978 · Movie
Breathing
1978 · Movie
Clock & Train
1978 · Movie
Barn
1978 · Movie
Railings
1977 · Movie
Musical Stairs
1977 · Movie
Soundtrack
1977 · Movie
Columns
1977 · Movie
Chimney
1977 · Movie
Blink
1977 · Movie
Cat on TV
1977 · Movie
Candle & Clock
1977 · Movie
Swimming
1977 · Movie
Man with Mirror
1976 · Movie
Handcrank Clock
1976 · Movie
Vermeer Frames
1976 · Movie
Treeline
1976 · Movie
Window
1976 · Movie
Hand/Shutter
1976 · Movie
Track
1976 · Movie
Portrait with Parents
1975 · Movie
Spirals
1974 · Movie
Interval
1974 · Movie
At the Academy
1974 · Movie
Newsprint #1
1972 · Movie
Sound Shapes
1972 · Movie
Cycles #1
1972 · Movie
Phase Loop
1971 · Movie