- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 2, 1919
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- September 23, 1997
Shirley Clarke
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 persona…
Filmography
movieA Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton
2016 · Director
movieFear Flight
2016 · Director
Decroux Film
movieDecroux Film
2016 · Director
movieHome Movies #20: Dance Tests
2016 · Director
Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks'
movieOuttakes for 'In Paris Parks'
2016 · Director
Rose and the Players – Part 2
movieRose and the Players – Part 2
2016 · Director
Rose and the Players – Part 1
movieRose and the Players – Part 1
2016 · Director
This Is Not 'In Paris Parks'
movieThis Is Not 'In Paris Parks'
2016 · Director
Bullfight: The C and D Rolls
movieBullfight: The C and D Rolls
2016 · Director
movieShirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens
2016 · Self (archival footage)
movieAlien Blood
1999 · second alien mother / MIB soldier
movieHappy Birthday to John
1997 · Self
movieBirth of a Nation
1997 · Self
movieHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieOrnette: Made in America
1986 · Director, Editor
movieAs Kineastas
1986
Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game
movieOrnette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game
1984 · Director
Tongues
movieTongues
1982 · Director, Editor
movieSavage/Love
1981 · Director
A Visual Diary
movieA Visual Diary
1980 · Director
The Beats: An Existential Comedy
movieThe Beats: An Existential Comedy
1980
The Modnar Machine
movieThe Modnar Machine
1980
movieFour Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans
1978 · Director
movieFour Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three
1978 · Director
movieFour Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
1978 · Director
movieFour Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium
1978 · Director
movie24 Frames per Second
1977 · Director
movieSex Stars
1976 · Self
Carl Lee on Joe Franklin Show
movieCarl Lee on Joe Franklin Show
1973 · Director
Morris at Ornette's Art Show
movieMorris at Ornette's Art Show
1972 · Director
Yoko and John Party
movieYoko and John Party
1971 · Director
Makeup Magic
movieMakeup Magic
1971 · Director
Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971
movieRicky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971
1971 · Director
Ricky Leacock Visit, daytime, April 19, 1971
movieRicky Leacock Visit, daytime, April 19, 1971
1971 · Director
Ricky Leacock Visit, April 17, 1971
movieRicky Leacock Visit, April 17, 1971
1971 · Director
Ricky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971
movieRicky Leacock Visit, April 15, 1971
1971 · Director
The Arrest
movieThe Arrest
1971 · Director
movieRome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
1970 · Shirley Clarke
movieLions Love
1969 · Shirley
Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea
movieCarl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea
1968 · Director
movieDiaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Self
movieUnderground New York
1968 · Self
moviePortrait of Jason
1967 · Self - Interviewer (voice), Director, Editor, Producer
Butterfly
movieButterfly
1967 · Director
movieFor Life, Against the War
1967 · Director
movieBill's Hat
1967
movieGalaxie
1966 · Self
movieThe Cool World
1964 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieRobert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
1963 · Director
movieThe Connection
1962 · Director, Editor
movieA Scary Time
1960 · Director
movieChristopher and Me
1960 · Dialogue
movieSkyscraper
1959 · Director, Editor, Producer
movieBridges-Go-Round 1
1958 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer
movieBridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · Director, Producer, Cinematography
movieBrussels Loops
1958 · Director
movieA Moment in Love
1956 · Director, Editor, Camera Operator
movieBullfight
1955 · Director, Camera Operator, Editor
In Paris Parks
movieIn Paris Parks
1954 · Director
movieDance in the Sun
1953 · Director, Editor
movieLove Nest
1951 · Stand In
movieHome Movies #15 Shirley with Camera
1950 · Herself, Director
movieHome Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy
1943 · Herself
movieHome Movies #18 Florida
1943 · Herself
movieShirley Brimberg Home Movies (When She Was Young)
1927 · Herself
The Tee Pee Video Space Troupe: The First Years
movieThe Tee Pee Video Space Troupe: The First Years
— · Director