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,
Filmography
Cast Credits
Paul Sharits
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2015
Funtime at the Vasulkas
Character:
MOVIE • 2006
Birth of a Nation
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1997
Rapture
Character:
MOVIE • 1987
Home Movies 1971-81
Character:
MOVIE • 1985
Cinématon XIII
Character: N°120
MOVIE • 1981
Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits
Character:
MOVIE • 1981
Cinématon
Character: N°120
MOVIE • 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?
Character: Liveraccio
MOVIE • 1977
Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady
Character: himself
MOVIE • 1976
Crew
Crew Credits
Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Rapture
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1987
Rapture
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1987
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1986
Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1984
3rd Degree
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1982
Bad Burns
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1982
Sketches in Hawaii
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1981
Passare I (Italia)
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Episodic Generation
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1978
Declarative Mode
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Declarative Mode
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1977
Tails
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Dream Displacement
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Tirgu Jiu
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Apparent Motion
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975
Shutter Interface
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975
3D Movie
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975