Paul Sharits
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 7, 1943
- Died
- July 8, 1993 (aged 50)
- Birthplace
- Denver, Colorado, USA
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
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
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?
Razor Blades
Word Movie
Dots 1 & 2
Unrolling Event
Cinématon
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED
Bad Burns
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
Filmography
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
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Rapture
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Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
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Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
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Bad Burns
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3rd Degree
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Sketches in Hawaii
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Passare I (Italia)
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Episodic Generation
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Declarative Mode
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Epileptic Seizure Comparison
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Tails
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Dream Displacement
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Tirgu Jiu
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Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
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Shutter Interface
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3D Movie
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Apparent Motion
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Color Sound Frames
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Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
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Vertical Contiguity
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The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
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Synchronousoundtracks
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Axiomatic Granularity
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Sound Strip/Film Strip
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S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED
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Inferential Current
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Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines
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Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
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Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire
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T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
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N:O:T:H:I:N:G
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Razor Blades
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Piece Mandala/End War
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Ray Gun Virus
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Word Movie
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Sears Catalogue 1-3
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Dots 1 & 2
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Unrolling Event
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Wrist Trick
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Wintercourse
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