Shirley Clarke

★ Directing #9,120

1919 - 1997 (age 77) • Directing

Born: 10/2/1919 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 9/23/1997 (age 77)

Known for: Directing

Shirley Clarke

★ Directing #9,120

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.

Known For

Lions Love

59%

Shirley

1969

Portrait of Jason

66%

Self - Interviewer (voice)

1967

The Connection

65%

Director

1962

The Cool World

55%

Director

1964

Bridges-Go-Round 1

69%

Director

1958

Ornette: Made in America

65%

Director

1986

Skyscraper

72%

Director

1959

Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World

65%

Director

1963

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

Director

2016

This Is Not 'In Paris Parks'

Director

2016

Outtakes for 'In Paris Parks'

Director

2016

Rose and the Players – Part 1

Director

2016

Rose and the Players – Part 2

Director

2016

Fear Flight

Director

2016

Bullfight: The C and D Rolls

Director

2016

Home Movies #20: Dance Tests

Director

2016

Decroux Film

Director

2016

Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens

Self (archival footage)

2016

Alien Blood

26%

second alien mother / MIB soldier

1999

Happy Birthday to John

53%

Self

1997

Birth of a Nation

70%

Self

1997

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

84%

Self (archive footage)

1986

Ornette: Made in America

65%

Director

1986

Ornette: Made in America

65%

Editor

1986

As Kineastas

1986

Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game

90%

Director

1984

Tongues

60%

Director

1982

Tongues

60%

Editor

1982

Savage/Love

90%

Director

1981

A Visual Diary

60%

Director

1980

The Beats: An Existential Comedy

1980

The Modnar Machine

1980

Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation

Director

1978

Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three

90%

Director

1978

Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans

80%

Director

1978

Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium

Director

1978