Paul Sharits

Paul Sharits

ActorDirectorProducer Feb 7 (died age 50) Denver, Colorado, USA 1962–2015 (53 year career)

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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 undergrad…

Known For

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

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

Director

Word Movie

Word Movie

Director

Epileptic Seizure Comparison

Epileptic Seizure Comparison

Director

Wintercourse

Wintercourse

Director

Dots 1 & 2

Dots 1 & 2

Director

Wrist Trick

Wrist Trick

Director

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

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

Director

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?

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?

Liveraccio

Filmography

Acting (10)

Movies (10)

Paul Sharits

Paul Sharits

as Himself

Funtime at the Vasulkas

Funtime at the Vasulkas

Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

as Self

Rapture

Rapture

Home Movies 1971-81

Home Movies 1971-81

Cinématon XIII

as N°120

Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits

Cinématon n°120 : Paul Sharits

Cinématon

Cinématon

as N°120

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?

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?

as Liveraccio

Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady

Paul Sharits Interview with Gerard O'Grady

as himself

Crew (43)

Movies (43)

Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970

Director

Rapture

Rapture

Director

Rapture

Rapture

Producer

Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas

Director

Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu

Brancusi's Sculpture Garden at Tirgu Jiu

Director

Bad Burns

Bad Burns

Director

3rd Degree

3rd Degree

Director

Sketches in Hawaii

Director

Passare I (Italia)

Director

Episodic Generation

Episodic Generation

Director

Declarative Mode

Declarative Mode

Director

Declarative Mode

Declarative Mode

Producer

Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames

Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames

Director

Tails

Tails

Director

Dream Displacement

Director

Tirgu Jiu

Director

Epileptic Seizure Comparison

Epileptic Seizure Comparison

Director

Shutter Interface

Director

3D Movie

Director

Apparent Motion

Apparent Motion

Director

Synchronousoundtracks

Synchronousoundtracks

Director

Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

Analytical Studies III - Color Frame Passages

Director

Color Sound Frames

Director

The Forgetting of Impressions and Intentions

Director

Vertical Contiguity

Director

Axiomatic Granularity

Axiomatic Granularity

Director

Sound Strip/Film Strip

Sound Strip/Film Strip

Director

Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame

Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame

Director

Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines

Analytical Studies II: Unframed Lines

Director

Inferential Current

Inferential Current

Director

S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED

S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED

Director

Element Studies: Earth/Water/Sky/Fire

Director

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

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

Director

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

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

Director

Razor Blades

Razor Blades

Director

Ray Gun Virus

Director

Word Movie

Word Movie

Director

Piece Mandala/End War

Director

Unrolling Event

Unrolling Event

Director

Sears Catalogue 1-3

Sears Catalogue 1-3

Director

Wrist Trick

Wrist Trick

Director

Dots 1 & 2

Dots 1 & 2

Director

Wintercourse

Wintercourse

Director