Paul Sharits
Known for: Directing
Born: February 7, 1943
Died: July 8, 1993
Place of birth: 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,
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Filmography
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5.6
Paul Sharits
2015
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Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010
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Funtime at the Vasulkas
2006
7.0
Birth of a Nation
1997
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Rapture
1987NR
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
1986
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Home Movies 1971-81
1985
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Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
1984
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3rd Degree
1982
5.3
Bad Burns
1982NR
Cinématon XIII
1981
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Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits
1981NR
Sketches in Hawaii
1981NR
Passare I (Italia)
1979
4.9
Cinématon
1978
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Episodic Generation
1978
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Declarative Mode
1977
5.1
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
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Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady
1976
7.0
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
1976
7.2
Tails
1976NR
Dream Displacement
1976NR
Tirgu Jiu
1976
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Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
1976
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Apparent Motion
19758.0
Shutter Interface
1975NR
3D Movie
1975
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Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
19744.2
Color Sound Frames
1974NR
Vertical Contiguity
1974NR
The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
1974
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Synchronousoundtracks
1974
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Axiomatic Granularity
1973
3.0
Sound Strip/Film Strip
1972
4.3
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED
1971
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Inferential Current
1971
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Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines
1971
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Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
1971NR
Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire
1971
5.8
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
1969
4.5
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
1968
4.9
Razor Blades
19688.0
Ray Gun Virus
19664.7
Piece Mandala/End War
1966
6.8
Word Movie
1966
6.5
Sears Catalogue 1-3
1965
5.8
Dots 1 & 2
1965
4.2
Unrolling Event
1965
6.8
Wrist Trick
1965
7.4
Wintercourse
1962