USA

Shirley Clarke

45 films · 1950 to 2016 · 1 on TSPDT

Died September 23, 1997

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

Senses of Cinema, Great Directors

Shirley Clarke

Defining films

Portrait of Jason

Portrait of Jason

Fear Flight

A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton

A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton

Home Movies #20: Dance Tests

Home Movies #20: Dance Tests

Rose and the Players – Part 1

Rose and the Players – Part 1

Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks'

Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks'

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

Films by decade

This Is Not 'In Paris Parks'

This Is Not 'In Paris Parks'

Bullfight: The C and D Rolls

Bullfight: The C and D Rolls

Rose and the Players – Part 2

Rose and the Players – Part 2

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