Paul Sharits

Known for DirectingBorn 1943-02-07Died 1993-07-08Denver, 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,Read more

Movies & web series

Shutter Interface

Ray Gun Virus

Wintercourse

Birth of a Nation

Tails

Epileptic Seizure Comparison

Wrist Trick

Word Movie

Sears Catalogue 1-3

Paul Sharits

Dots 1 & 2

T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G

Bad Burns

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

Cinématon

Piece Mandala/End War

N:O:T:H:I:N:G

S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED

Color Sound Frames

Unrolling Event

Sound Strip/Film Strip

Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

Funtime at the Vasulkas

Rapture

Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas

Home Movies 1971-81

Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu

3rd Degree

Cinématon XIII

Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits

Sketches in Hawaii

Passare I (Italia)

Episodic Generation

Declarative Mode

Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady

Dream Displacement

Tirgu Jiu

Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames

3D Movie

Apparent Motion

Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

Vertical Contiguity

The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions

Synchronousoundtracks

Axiomatic Granularity

Inferential Current

Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame