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Shirley Clarke
Directing
02 Oct 1919
† 23 Sept 1997
New York City, New York, USA
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 narr...
Also Known As
Shirley Brimberg, 셜리 클라크
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Shirley Clarke's Movies
58%
Lions Love
12 Oct 1969
65%
Portrait of Jason
29 Sept 1967
72%
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
01 Mar 1968
19%
Alien Blood
01 Jan 1999
82%
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
22 Feb 1986
48%
Happy Birthday to John
09 Oct 1997
63%
Birth of a Nation
06 Aug 1997
0%
As Kineastas
01 Jan 1986
20%
Home Movies #18 Florida
01 Jan 1943
50%
Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
04 Oct 1970
0%
Sex Stars
21 Apr 1976
0%
Galaxie
03 Sept 1966
0%
Underground New York
01 Jan 1968
0%
Bill's Hat
01 Jan 1967
0%
Shirley Brimberg Home Movies (When She Was Young)
01 Jan 1927
0%
Home Movies #10 Wedding and Pregnancy
01 Jan 1943
0%
Home Movies #15 Shirley with Camera
31 Dec 1950
0%
Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens
01 Jan 2016
0%
The Modnar Machine
01 Jan 1980
0%
The Beats: An Existential Comedy
26 May 1980