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Shirley Clarke (née Brimberg; October 2, 1919 – September 23, 1997) was an American filmmaker. Life. Born Shirley Brimberg in New York City, she was the daughter of a Polish-immigrant father who made his fortune in manufacturing. Her mother was the daughter of a multimillionaire Jewish manufacturer and inventor.
Oct 2, 2019 · Shirley Clarke, one of the crucial modern American filmmakers, would have celebrated her centenary on Wednesday. (She died in 1997.) She made three feature films in the nineteen-sixties—“The...
Shirley Clarke was a pioneering independent filmmaker and editor who made documentaries, features and shorts. She is known for her innovative use of dance, jazz and experimental techniques in films like The Connection, Portrait of Jason and Skyscraper.
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Shirley Clarke, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a champion of independent filmmaking and a missionary for video as a force in communications, died on Tuesday at the Palliative Care Center...
Explore the dynamic and influential works of Shirley Clarke, a pioneer of jazz, modern dance, and abstract expressionism in film. Watch 22 episodes of her shorts, features, and documentaries, from DANCE IN THE SUN to PORTRAIT OF JASON.
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Apr 27, 2012 · April 27, 2012. DANCER, bride, runaway wife, radical filmmaker and pioneer — Shirley Clarke is one of the great undertold stories of American independent cinema.
A dancer who launched her movie career by filming her colleagues, the director Shirley Clarke (pictured above), whose centenary is Oct. 2, made a series of artist-centered films, in the...
