Guy Sherwin

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Guy Sherwin

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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 a…

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Cat

Cat

5.3 1998 Movie
Messages

Messages

8.0 1984 Movie
Metronome

Metronome

6.0 1978 Movie
New Shores

New Shores

8.0 2012 Movie
Salt Water

Salt Water

6.0 1986 Movie
Railings

Railings

1977 Movie
Window/Light

Window/Light

2013 Movie
Sound Cuts

Sound Cuts

4.0 2007 Movie
Eye

Eye

1978 Movie
Newsprint #1

Newsprint #1

1972 Movie
Cycle

Cycle

1978 Movie
Piano

Piano

2.0 2013 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Four Films about Music (Silent Jazz / Orchestra / Pause / Interior Music)

    Movie Director

  2. 2026
    Animal Studies (Egret / Seagull Reflection / Midges / Spider / Swans in a Line)

    Movie Director

  3. 2022
    Split Wires

    Movie Director

  4. 2019
    Why there is something rather than nothing

    Movie Director

  5. 2018
    Half Light

    Movie Director

  6. 2017
    Nijomasue

    Movie Director

  7. 2017
    Paper Landscape #2

    Movie Director

  8. 2016
    Light Cycles

    Movie Director

  9. 2015
    Remjet

    Movie Director

  10. 2014
    Short Film Series

    Movie Director

  11. 2013
    Window/Light

    Movie Director

  12. 2013
    Piano

    Movie Director

  13. 2013
    Guy & Kai

    Movie

  14. 2012
    New Shores

    Movie

  15. 2011
    Yi Wei

    Movie Director

  16. 2010
    Mei

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2009
    Paper Landscape

    Movie

  2. 2007
    Cross Section #2

    Movie Director

  3. 2007
    Optical Sound

    Movie Director

  4. 2007
    Notes #2

    Movie Director

  5. 2007
    Interval #2

    Movie Director

  6. 2007
    Sound Cuts

    Movie Director

  7. 2007
    Mobius Loops

    Movie Director

  8. 2007
    Abrasion Loops

    Movie Director

  9. 2006
    After the Freeway

    Movie Director

  10. 2006
    Bay Bridge from Embarcadero

    Movie Director

  11. 2005
    Views from Home

    Movie Director

  12. 2005
    Vowels & Consonants

    Movie Director

  13. 2004
    Bruce Baillie at Total Mobile Home Talking About All My Life

    Movie Director

  14. 2003
    Cycles #3

    Movie Director

  15. 2003
    Camden Road Station

    Movie Director

  16. 2003
    Newsprint #2

    Movie Director

  17. 2000
    Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna

    Movie Director

  18. 1998
    Filter Beds

    Movie Director

  19. 1998
    Flight

    Movie Director

  20. 1998
    Cat

    Movie Director

  21. 1998
    Tree Reflection

    Movie Director

  22. 1998
    Tree & Cloud

    Movie Director

  23. 1998
    Gnats

    Movie Director

  24. 1998
    Coots

    Movie Director