Paul Sharits
Directing
Born February 7, 1943 · 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,
Directed (41)
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
2010
Rapture
1987
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
1986
Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
1984
3rd Degree
1982
Bad Burns
1982
Sketches in Hawaii
1981
Passare I (Italia)
1979
Episodic Generation
1978
Declarative Mode
1977
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
1976
Tails
1976
Dream Displacement
1976
Tirgu Jiu
1976
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
1976
Apparent Motion
1975
Shutter Interface
1975
3D Movie
1975
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
1974
Color Sound Frames
1974
Vertical Contiguity
1974
The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
1974
Synchronousoundtracks
1974
Axiomatic Granularity
1973
Sound Strip/Film Strip
1972
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED
1971
Inferential Current
1971
Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines
1971
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
1971
Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire
1971
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
1969
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
1968
Razor Blades
1968
Ray Gun Virus
1966
Piece Mandala/End War
1966
Word Movie
1966
Sears Catalogue 1-3
1965
Dots 1 & 2
1965
Unrolling Event
1965
Wrist Trick
1965
Wintercourse
1962
Acting (10)
Paul Sharits
2015
Funtime at the Vasulkas
2006
Birth of a Nation
1997
Rapture
1987
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Cinématon XIII
1981
Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits
1981
Cinématon
1978
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
Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady
1976