Shirley Clarke
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Oct 02 1919• Died Sep 23 1997
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Biography
A major figure of the American avant garde, Shirley Brimberg Clarke (1919-1997) was born into privilege as the daughter of Polish-Jewish immigrants who made their fortune in manufacturing. Rebelling against a repressive bourgeois upbringing, Clarke turned first to dance, and later film and video, to express her distinctive vision of the world. Moving freely across genres and media throughout her career (and often within a single work), Clarke’s cinema explores the porous boundaries between narrative and documentary filmmaking, and film and other media,…
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Shirley Clarke's Credits
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Lions Love
Shirley
Love Nest
Crew
The Connection
Directing
The Cool World
Directing
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
Birth of a Nation
Self
Bill's Hat
As Kineastas
Underground New York
Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday to John
Self
Galaxie
Self
For Life, Against the War
Directing
Skyscraper
Directing
Alien Blood
second alien mother / MIB soldier
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
Directing
Ornette: Made in America
Directing
Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
Shirley Clarke
Sex Stars
Self
The Modnar Machine
Christopher and Me
Writing
Savage/Love
Directing
Tongues
Directing
A Visual Diary
Directing
Brussels Loops
Directing
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three
Directing
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans
Directing
Yoko and John Party
Directing
Portrait of Jason
Interviewer (voice)
Home Movies #15 Shirley with Camera
Herself
Bridges-Go-Round 1
Directing
Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens
Self (archival footage)
Fear Flight
Directing
24 Frames Per Second
Directing
Makeup Magic
Directing
Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971
Directing
Home Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy
Herself
Dance in the Sun
Directing
Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971
Directing
Butterfly
Directing
The Tee Pee Video Space Troupe: The First Years
Directing
Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea
Directing
Home Movies #18 Florida
Herself
Bullfight
Directing
Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game
Directing
Decroux Film
Directing
A Moment in Love
Directing
This Is Not 'In Paris Parks'
Directing
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
Directing
A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton
Directing
A Scary Time
Directing
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium
Directing
Ricky Leacock Visit, daytime, April 19, 1971
Directing
Bridges-Go-Round 2
Directing
The Arrest
Directing
Carl Lee on Joe Franklin Show
Directing
Ricky Leacock Visit, April 17, 1971
Directing
Rose and the Players – Part 1
Directing
Home Movies #20: Dance Tests
Directing
Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks'
Directing
The Beats: An Existential Comedy
Rose and the Players – Part 2
Directing
Bullfight: The C and D Rolls
Directing
Shirley Brimberg Home Movies (When She Was Young)
Herself
In Paris Parks
Directing
Morris at Ornette's Art Show
Directing