Guy Sherwin
Known for: Directing
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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.
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Filmography
85 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Animal Studies (Egret / Seagull Reflection / Midges / Spider / Swans in a Line)
2026
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Four Films about Music (Silent Jazz / Orchestra / Pause / Interior Music)
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Split Wires
2022NR
Why there is something rather than nothing
2019NR
Half Light
2018NR
Nijomasue
2017NR
Paper Landscape #2
2017
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Light Cycles
2016NR
Remjet
2015NR
Short Film Series
2014
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Guy & Kai
2013
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Piano
2013
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Window/Light
2013
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New Shores
2012
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Yi Wei
2011
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Mei
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Paper Landscape
2009
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Cross Section #2
2007
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Optical Sound
2007
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Notes #2
2007
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Interval #2
2007
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Sound Cuts
2007
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Mobius Loops
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Abrasion Loops
2007
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Bay Bridge from Embarcadero
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After the Freeway
2006NR
Views from Home
2005
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Vowels & Consonants
2005
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Bruce Baillie at Total Mobile Home Talking About All My Life
2004
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Newsprint #2
2003
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Cycles #3
2003
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Camden Road Station
2003
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Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna
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Filter Beds
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Flight
1998
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Animal Studies
1998
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Gnats
1998
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Cat
1998
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Coots
1998
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Tree Reflection
1998
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Clouds & Wires
1998
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Tree & Cloud
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Prelude
1996
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Under the Freeway
19956.0
Mile End Purgatorio
1991
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Salt Water
1986
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Messages
1984
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Wind & Water
1980
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Connemara
1980
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Notes #1
1979
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Notes
1979
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Night Train
1979
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Eye
1978
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Tap
1978
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Cycle
1978
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Maya
1978
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Light Leaves
1978
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Metronome
1978
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Clock & Train
1978
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Breathing
1978
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Barn
1978
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Railings
1977
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Musical Stairs
1977
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Soundtrack
1977
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Chimney
1977
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Cat on TV
1977
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Swimming
1977
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Columns
1977
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Candle & Clock
1977
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Blink
19777.0
Man with Mirror
1976
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Hand/Shutter
1976
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Handcrank Clock
1976
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Window
1976
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Treeline
1976
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Track
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Vermeer Frames
1976
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Portrait with Parents
1975
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Spirals
1974
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Interval
1974
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At the Academy
1974
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Newsprint #1
1972
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Sound Shapes
1972
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Cycles #1
1972
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Phase Loop
1971