Guy Sherwin

Guy Sherwin

DirectorActor 1971–2019 (48 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Born in 1948, Guy Sherwin studied painting at Chelsea School of Art in London. Inspired by films and expanded cinema from the London Filmmakers’ Co-op, he began making films and acquired laboratory skills while working there during the 1970s. His 16mm films are often highly concentrated in their form, but very diverse in terms of their imagery and approach. The Short Film Series (1975-ongoing) and live performance pieces such as Man with Mirror (1976-ongoing) involve human, animal and natural ph…

Known For

Cat

Cat

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Metronome

Metronome

Director

New Shores

New Shores

Messages

Messages

Self

Under the Freeway

Under the Freeway

Director

Salt Water

Salt Water

Director

At the Academy

At the Academy

Director

Sound Cuts

Sound Cuts

Director

Filmography

Acting (7)

Movies (7)

Guy & Kai

Guy & Kai

New Shores

New Shores

Paper Landscape

Messages

Messages

as Self

Hand/Shutter

Hand/Shutter

Handcrank Clock

Handcrank Clock

Portrait with Parents

Portrait with Parents

Crew (77)

Movies (77)

Why there is something rather than nothing

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Paper Landscape #2

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Nijomasue

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Light Cycles

Light Cycles

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Short Film Series

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Window/Light

Window/Light

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Guy & Kai

Guy & Kai

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Piano

Piano

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Yi Wei

Yi Wei

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Mei

Mei

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Paper Landscape

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Notes #2

Notes #2

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Cross Section #2

Cross Section #2

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Interval #2

Interval #2

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Sound Cuts

Sound Cuts

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Optical Sound

Optical Sound

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Mobius Loops

Mobius Loops

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Bay Bridge from Embarcadero

Bay Bridge from Embarcadero

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Vowels & Consonants

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Views from Home

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Bruce Baillie at Total Mobile Home Talking About All My Life

Bruce Baillie at Total Mobile Home Talking About All My Life

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Newsprint #2

Newsprint #2

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Cycles #3

Cycles #3

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Camden Road Station

Camden Road Station

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Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna

Da Capo: Variations on a Train with Anna

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Animal Studies

Animal Studies

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Tree Reflection

Tree Reflection

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Flight

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Gnats

Gnats

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Tree & Cloud

Tree & Cloud

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Cat

Cat

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Coots

Coots

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Clouds & Wires

Clouds & Wires

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Filter Beds

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Prelude

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Under the Freeway

Under the Freeway

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Mile End Purgatorio

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Salt Water

Salt Water

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Messages

Messages

Director

Wind & Water

Wind & Water

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Connemara

Connemara

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Notes #1

Notes #1

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Night Train

Night Train

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Notes

Notes

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Breathing

Breathing

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Cycle

Cycle

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Barn

Barn

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Tap

Tap

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Light Leaves

Light Leaves

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Clock & Train

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Eye

Eye

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Maya

Maya

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Metronome

Metronome

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Cat on TV

Cat on TV

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Columns

Columns

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Chimney

Chimney

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Blink

Blink

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Musical Stairs

Musical Stairs

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Candle & Clock

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Swimming

Swimming

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Soundtrack

Soundtrack

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Railings

Railings

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Man with Mirror

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Vermeer Frames

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Hand/Shutter

Hand/Shutter

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Track

Track

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Handcrank Clock

Handcrank Clock

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Window

Window

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Treeline

Treeline

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Portrait with Parents

Portrait with Parents

Director

At the Academy

At the Academy

Director

Interval

Interval

Director

Spirals

Spirals

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Cycles #1

Cycles #1

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Newsprint #1

Newsprint #1

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Sound Shapes

Sound Shapes

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Phase Loop

Phase Loop

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