Paul Sharits

Directing·Feb 7, 1943·Denver, Colorado, USA

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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,

Film	Credit
Paul Sharits2015 · Himself	Himself
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-19702010 · Director	Director
Funtime at the Vasulkas2006 · Actor	Actor
Birth of a Nation1997 · Self	Self
Rapture1987 · Actor, Director, Producer	Actor, Director, Producer
FFigment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas1986 · Director	Director
Home Movies 1971-811985 · Actor	Actor
Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu1984 · Director	Director
3rd Degree1982 · Director	Director
Bad Burns1982 · Director	Director
CCinématon XIII1981 · N°120	N°120
Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits1981 · Actor	Actor
SSketches in Hawaii1981 · Director	Director
PPassare I (Italia)1979 · Director	Director
Cinématon1978 · N°120	N°120
Episodic Generation1978 · Director	Director
Declarative Mode1977 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
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	Liveraccio
Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady1976 · himself	himself
Tails1976 · Director	Director
Epileptic Seizure Comparison1976 · Director	Director
DDream Displacement1976 · Director	Director
TTirgu Jiu1976 · Director	Director
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames1976 · Director	Director
Apparent Motion1975 · Director	Director
SShutter Interface1975 · Director	Director
33D Movie1975 · Director	Director
Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages1974 · Director	Director
CColor Sound Frames1974 · Director	Director
VVertical Contiguity1974 · Director	Director
TThe Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions1974 · Director	Director
Synchronousoundtracks1974 · Director	Director
Axiomatic Granularity1973 · Director	Director
Sound Strip/Film Strip1972 · Director	Director
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED1971 · Director	Director
Inferential Current1971 · Director	Director
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame1971 · Director	Director
Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines1971 · Director	Director
EElement Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire1971 · Director	Director
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G1969 · Director	Director
N:O:T:H:I:N:G1968 · Director	Director
Razor Blades1968 · Director	Director
RRay Gun Virus1966 · Director	Director
PPiece Mandala/End War1966 · Director	Director
Word Movie1966 · Director	Director
Sears Catalogue 1-31965 · Director	Director
Dots 1 & 21965 · Director	Director
Wrist Trick1965 · Director	Director