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Shirley Clarke
Directing

Shirley Clarke
Homepage
http://www.projectshirley.com/
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1919-10-02,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
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, such as painting, dance, performance and video. Her 1960s features The Connection (1961), The Cool World (1963) and Portrait of Jason (1967), for which she is arguably best remembered, address issues of urban alienation, poverty, addiction and racism, focusing on lives lived at the margins of American society. Fearless in both her personal and creative life, Clarke produced a body of work that is as formally innovative as it is rooted in social protest. Clarke initially trained as a dancer, immersing herself in New York’s vibrant post-war avant-garde dance scene. Although her dance career never quite earned her the critical acclaim she’d hoped for, it had a lasting impact on her subsequent filmmaking and video work, informing an interest in how movement is recorded formally, while introducing her to key avant-garde dancers and choreographers. Source: https://denniscooperblog.com/shirley-clarke-day-2/

Filmography

5.8

Lions Love
1969-10-12

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Sex Stars
1976-04-21

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As Kineastas
1986-01-01

2.6

Alien Blood
1999-01-01

10

Galaxie
1966-09-03

Portrait of Jason

6.5

Portrait of Jason
1967-09-29

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

8.4

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986-02-22

Birth of a Nation

7

Birth of a Nation
1997-08-06

Underground New York

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Underground New York
1968-01-01

Happy Birthday to John

5.3

Happy Birthday to John
1997-10-09

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Bill's Hat
1967-01-01

Shirley Brimberg Home Movies (When She Was Young)

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Shirley Brimberg Home Movies (When She Was Young)
1927-01-01

Home Movies #18 Florida

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Home Movies #18 Florida
1943-01-01

Home Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy

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Home Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy
1943-01-01

Home Movies #15 Shirley with Camera

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Home Movies #15 Shirley with Camera
1950-12-31

Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens

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Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens
2016-01-01

Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke

7.5

Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
1970-10-04

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

7.2

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968-03-01

The Modnar Machine

0

The Modnar Machine
1980-01-01

The Beats: An Existential Comedy

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The Beats: An Existential Comedy
1980-05-26