Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 07, 1943
Died
Jul 08, 1993
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Credits
50 titles
Paul Sharits
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,
Known For
Filmography
Paul Sharits
Himself
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
Director
Funtime at the Vasulkas
Birth of a Nation
Self
Rapture
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
Director
Home Movies 1971-81
Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
Director
3rd Degree
Director
Bad Burns
Director
Cinématon XIII
N°120
Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits
Sketches in Hawaii
Director
Passare I (Italia)
Director
Cinématon
N°120
Episodic Generation
Director
Declarative Mode
Director
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?
Liveraccio
Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady
himself
Tirgu Jiu
Director
Dream Displacement
Director
Tails
Director
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
Director
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
Director
Apparent Motion
Director
Shutter Interface
Director
3D Movie
Director
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
Director
Synchronousoundtracks
Director
Vertical Contiguity
Director
Color Sound Frames
Director
The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
Director
Axiomatic Granularity
Director
Sound Strip/Film Strip
Director
Inferential Current
Director
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED
Director
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
Director
Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire
Director
Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines
Director
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
Director
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
Director
Razor Blades
Director
Ray Gun Virus
Director
Word Movie
Director
Piece Mandala/End War
Director
Wrist Trick
Director
Unrolling Event
Director
Dots 1 & 2
Director
Sears Catalogue 1-3
Director
Wintercourse
Director