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Director

Shirley Clarke

USA – d. September 23, 1997
Critical Essay (Excerpt)

b. Shirley Brimberg, October 2, 1919, New York City, USA

Source: Senses of Cinema — Great Directors
In Their Own Words

I saw this film and I really understood what he was trying to do. It was all fiction but it was all shot on the streets. So I said, 'This is it!' And from then on I knew I wanted to do a film like that.

On The Cool World  ·  Film Culture No. 28 (Spring 1963), reprinted in 'Shirley Clarke: Set in Her Ways' by Lauren Rabinovitz
Filmography (45)
Home Movies #20: Dance Tests 2016
A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton 2016
This Is Not 'In Paris Parks' 2016
Rose and the Players – Part 2 2016
Rose and the Players – Part 1 2016
Bullfight: The C and D Rolls 2016
Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks' 2016
Decroux Film 2016
Fear Flight 2016
Ornette: Made in America 1986
Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game 1984
Tongues 1982
Savage/Love 1981
A Visual Diary 1980
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation 1978
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium 1978
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three 1978
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans 1978
24 Frames Per Second 1977
Carl Lee on Joe Franklin Show 1973
Morris at Ornette's Art Show 1972
Yoko and John Party 1971
Makeup Magic 1971
Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971 1971
Ricky Leacock Visit, April 17, 1971 1971
Ricky Leacock Visit, daytime, April 19, 1971 1971
Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971 1971
The Arrest 1971
Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea 1968
Portrait of Jason 1967
Butterfly 1967
For Life, Against the War 1967
The Cool World 1964
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World 1963
The Connection 1962
A Scary Time 1960
Skyscraper 1959
Bridges-Go-Round 2 1958
Bridges-Go-Round 1 1958
Brussels Loops 1958
A Moment in Love 1956
Bullfight 1955
In Paris Parks 1954
Dance in the Sun 1953
Home Movies #15 Shirley with Camera 1950