Paul Sharits

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Paul Sharits

Directing February 7, 1943

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 l…

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T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G

T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G

5.8 1969 Movie
Paul Sharits

Paul Sharits

5.6 2015 Movie
Cinématon

Cinématon

4.9 1978 Movie
N:O:T:H:I:N:G

N:O:T:H:I:N:G

4.5 1968 Movie
Word Movie

Word Movie

6.8 1966 Movie
Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

7.0 1997 Movie
Bad Burns

Bad Burns

5.3 1982 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?

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?

5.1 1977 Movie
Razor Blades

Razor Blades

4.9 1968 Movie
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED

S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED

4.3 1971 Movie
Unrolling Event

Unrolling Event

4.2 1965 Movie
Dots 1 & 2

Dots 1 & 2

5.8 1965 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2015
    Paul Sharits

    Movie Himself

  2. 2010
    Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

    Movie Director

  3. 2006
    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Movie

  4. 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Movie Self

  5. 1987
    Rapture

    Movie

  6. 1986
    Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas

    Movie Director

  7. 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Movie

  8. 1984
    Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu

    Movie Director

  9. 1982
    3rd Degree

    Movie Director

  10. 1982
    Bad Burns

    Movie Director

  11. 1981
    Cinématon XIII

    Movie N°120

  12. 1981
    Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits

    Movie

  13. 1981
    Sketches in Hawaii

    Movie Director

  14. 1979
    Passare I (Italia)

    Movie Director

  15. 1978
    Cinématon

    Movie N°120

  16. 1978
    Episodic Generation

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1977
    Declarative Mode

    Movie Director

  2. 1977
    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?

    Movie Liveraccio

  3. 1976
    Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady

    Movie himself

  4. 1976
    Tirgu Jiu

    Movie Director

  5. 1976
    Tails

    Movie Director

  6. 1976
    Epileptic Seizure Comparison

    Movie Director

  7. 1976
    Dream Displacement

    Movie Director

  8. 1976
    Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames

    Movie Director

  9. 1975
    Apparent Motion

    Movie Director

  10. 1975
    Shutter Interface

    Movie Director

  11. 1975
    3D Movie

    Movie Director

  12. 1974
    Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

    Movie Director

  13. 1974
    Color Sound Frames

    Movie Director

  14. 1974
    Vertical Contiguity

    Movie Director

  15. 1974
    Synchronousoundtracks

    Movie Director

  16. 1974
    The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions

    Movie Director

  17. 1973
    Axiomatic Granularity

    Movie Director

  18. 1972
    Sound Strip/Film Strip

    Movie Director

  19. 1971
    S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED

    Movie Director

  20. 1971
    Inferential Current

    Movie Director

  21. 1971
    Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame

    Movie Director

  22. 1971
    Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines

    Movie Director

  23. 1971
    Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire

    Movie Director

  24. 1969
    T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G

    Movie Director