Paul Sharits

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-02-07 (50 years old)

Deathday

1993-07-08

Place of Birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

Paul Sharits

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 fil...

Production

1969

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

as Director

1968

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

as Director

1982

Bad Burns

as Director

1962

Wintercourse

as Director

1966

1976

Tails

as Director

1968

Razor Blades

as Director

1966

Ray Gun Virus

as Director

1974

1987

Rapture

as Director

1987

Rapture

as Producer

1966

Word Movie

as Director

1966

1965

Dots 1 & 2

as Director

1965

Wrist Trick

as Director

1965

Unrolling Event

as Director

1975

1975

3D Movie

as Director

1976

1974

1981

1978

1976

Tirgu Jiu

as Director

1971

1972

1977

Declarative Mode

as Director

1977

Declarative Mode

as Producer

1982

3rd Degree

as Director

1973

1974

1975

Apparent Motion

as Director

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