
Paul Sharits
- Date of Birth: 1943-02-07
- Date of Death: 1993-07-08
- Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
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 w... 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,

Birth of a Nation
Documentary • 1997 August

Paul Sharits
Documentary • 2015 January

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 January

Cinématon
Documentary • 1978 December

Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits
• 1981 November

Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady
• 1976 May

Funtime at the Vasulkas
Documentary • 2006 January

Rapture
• 1987 January

Home Movies 1971-81
Documentary • 1985 January

Cinématon XIII
• 1981 November