Paul Sharits
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,
Personal Details
Movies (50)
Paul Sharits
as Himself
2015
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
Director (Directing)
2010
Funtime at the Vasulkas
2006
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1997
Rapture
1987
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
Director (Directing)
1986
Home Movies 1971-81
1985
Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
Director (Directing)
1984
3rd Degree
Director (Directing)
1982
Bad Burns
Director (Directing)
1982
Cinématon XIII
as N°120
1981
Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits
1981
Sketches in Hawaii
Director (Directing)
1981
Passare I (Italia)
Director (Directing)
1979
Cinématon
as N°120
1978
Episodic Generation
Director (Directing)
1978
Declarative Mode
Producer (Production)
1977
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?
as Liveraccio
1977
Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady
as himself
1976
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
Director (Directing)
1976
Tails
Director (Directing)
1976
Dream Displacement
Director (Directing)
1976
Tirgu Jiu
Director (Directing)
1976
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
Director (Directing)
1976
Apparent Motion
Director (Directing)
1975
Shutter Interface
Director (Directing)
1975
3D Movie
Director (Directing)
1975
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages
Director (Directing)
1974
Color Sound Frames
Director (Directing)
1974
Vertical Contiguity
Director (Directing)
1974
The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions
Director (Directing)
1974
Synchronousoundtracks
Director (Directing)
1974
Axiomatic Granularity
Director (Directing)
1973
Sound Strip/Film Strip
Director (Directing)
1972
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED
Director (Directing)
1971
Inferential Current
Director (Directing)
1971
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame
Director (Directing)
1971
Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines
Director (Directing)
1971
Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire
Director (Directing)
1971
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G
Director (Directing)
1969
N:O:T:H:I:N:G
Director (Directing)
1968
Razor Blades
Director (Directing)
1968
Ray Gun Virus
Director (Directing)
1966
Piece Mandala/End War
Director (Directing)
1966
Word Movie
Director (Directing)
1966
Sears Catalogue 1-3
Director (Directing)
1965
Unrolling Event
Director (Directing)
1965
Dots 1 & 2
Director (Directing)
1965
Wrist Trick
Director (Directing)
1965
Wintercourse
Director (Directing)
1962