
Shirley Clarke
Known for DirectingBorn 1919-10-02Died 1997-09-23New York City, New York, USA
A major figure of the American avant garde, Shirley Brimberg Clarke (1919-1997) was born into privilege as the daughter of Polish-Jewish immigrants who made their fortune in manufacturing. Rebelling against a repressive bourgeois upbringing, Clarke turned first to dance, and later film and video, to express her distinctive vision of the world. Moving freely across genres and media throughout her career (and often within a single work), Clarke’s cinema explores the porous boundaries between narrative and documentary filmmaking, and film and other media, such as painting, dance, performance and video. Her 1960s features The Connection (1961), The Cool World (1963) and Portrait of Jason (1967), for which she is arguably best remembered, address issues of urban alienation, poverty, addiction and racism, focusing on lives lived at the margins of American society. Fearless in both her personal and creative life, Clarke produced a body of work that is as formally innovative as it is rooted in social protest. Clarke initially trained as a dancer, immersing herself in New York’s vibrant post-war avant-garde dance scene. Although her dance career never quite earned her the critical acclaim she’d hoped for, it had a lasting impact on her subsequent filmmaking and video work, informing an interest in how movement is recorded formally, while introducing her to key avant-garde dancers and choreographers. Source: https://denniscooperblog.com/shirley-clarke-day-2/Read more
Movies & web series
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Galaxie
1966 · Movie
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Brussels Loops
1958 · Movie
Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game
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Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game
1984 · Movie
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Savage/Love
1981 · Movie
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Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three
1978 · Movie
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Movie
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Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans
1978 · Movie
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Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
1970 · Movie
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Birth of a Nation
1997 · Movie
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Movie
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Skyscraper
1959 · Movie
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A Moment in Love
1956 · Movie
In Paris Parks
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In Paris Parks
1954 · Movie
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Dance in the Sun
1953 · Movie
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Bridges-Go-Round 1
1958 · Movie
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Ornette: Made in America
1986 · Movie
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Portrait of Jason
1967 · Movie
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Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
1963 · Movie
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The Connection
1962 · Movie
Tongues
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Tongues
1982 · Movie
A Visual Diary
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A Visual Diary
1980 · Movie
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For Life, Against the War
1967 · Movie
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A Scary Time
1960 · Movie
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Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Movie
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Lions Love
1969 · Movie
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Happy Birthday to John
1997 · Movie
Butterfly
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Butterfly
1967 · Movie
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The Cool World
1964 · Movie
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Love Nest
1951 · Movie
Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea
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Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea
1968 · Movie
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Christopher and Me
1960 · Movie
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24 Frames per Second
1977 · Movie
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Alien Blood
1999 · Movie
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Home Movies #18 Florida
1943 · Movie

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Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens
2016 · Movie

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A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton
2016 · Movie

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Fear Flight
2016 · Movie
Decroux Film
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Decroux Film
2016 · Movie

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Home Movies #20: Dance Tests
2016 · Movie
Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks'
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Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks'
2016 · Movie
Rose and the Players – Part 2
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Rose and the Players – Part 2
2016 · Movie
Rose and the Players – Part 1
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Rose and the Players – Part 1
2016 · Movie
This Is Not 'In Paris Parks'
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This Is Not 'In Paris Parks'
2016 · Movie
Bullfight: The C and D Rolls
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Bullfight: The C and D Rolls
2016 · Movie

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As Kineastas
1986 · Movie
The Modnar Machine
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The Modnar Machine
1980 · Movie
The Beats: An Existential Comedy
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The Beats: An Existential Comedy
1980 · Movie

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Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
1978 · Movie