Paul Sharits
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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Movies (51)
Paul Sharits
2015 · Himself
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010 · Director
Funtime at the Vasulkas
2006
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000 · Self
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Self
Rapture
1987 · Producer, Director
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
1986 · Director
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
1984 · Director
3rd Degree
1982 · Director
Bad Burns
1982 · Director
Cinématon XIII
1981 · N°120
Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits
1981
Sketches in Hawaii
1981 · Director
Passare I (Italia)
1979 · Director
Cinématon
1978 · N°120
Episodic Generation
1978 · Director
Declarative Mode
1977 · Producer, 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?
1977 · Liveraccio
Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady
1976 · himself
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
1976 · Director
Tails
1976 · Director
Dream Displacement
1976 · Director
Tirgu Jiu
1976 · Director
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
1976 · Director
Apparent Motion
1975 · Director
Shutter Interface
1975 · Director
3D Movie
1975 · Director
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
1974 · Director
Color Sound Frames
1974 · Director
Vertical Contiguity
1974 · Director
The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
1974 · Director
Synchronousoundtracks
1974 · Director
Axiomatic Granularity
1973 · Director
Sound Strip/Film Strip
1972 · Director
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED
1971 · Director
Inferential Current
1971 · Director
Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines
1971 · Director
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
1971 · Director
Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire
1971 · Director
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
1969 · Director
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
1968 · Director
Razor Blades
1968 · Director
Ray Gun Virus
1966 · Director
Piece Mandala/End War
1966 · Director
Word Movie
1966 · Director
Sears Catalogue 1-3
1965 · Director
Dots 1 & 2
1965 · Director
Unrolling Event
1965 · Director
Wrist Trick
1965 · Director
Wintercourse
1962 · Director
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