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Shirley Clarke is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor and Stand In American born on 2 october 1919 at New York City (USA)

Shirley Clarke

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Nationality USA
Birth 2 october 1919 at New York City (USA)
Death 23 september 1997 (at 77 years) at Boston (USA)

Shirley Brimberg dite Shirley Clarke est une réalisatrice américaine née le 2 octobre 1919 à New York et morte le 23 septembre 1997.

Elle est « une figure majeure du cinéma d'avant-garde américain ».

Biography

Danseuse de formation et chorégraphe, elle tourna ses premiers films sur la danse (Dance in the sun, 1953). Proche des intellectuels new-yorkais et du Living Theatre, elle réalise ensuite des films expérimentaux, avec une vision très personnelle de l'Amérique et du cinéma. Au début des années 60, avec Jonas Mekas elle fonde la Film-Makers’ Cooperative (en) à New-York. Puis, à partir des années 70 elle se consacre à l’expérimentation vidéo au sein du collectif Teepee Videospace Troupe.

Son court-métrage Skyscraper a été nommé pour un oscar en 1960.

Shirley Clarke connaît un premier succès en Europe en 1961 quand The Connection, son premier long-métrage est présenté au festival de Cannes, où il reçoit l'ovation du public et de la critique.

Usually with

Carl Lee
Carl Lee
(3 films)
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda
(1 films)
Gloria Foster
Gloria Foster
(1 films)
Val Bisoglio
Val Bisoglio
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shirley Clarke (7 films)

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Actress

Lions Love
Lions Love (1969)
, 1h50
Directed by Agnès Varda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about films
Actors Viva, Shirley Clarke, James Rado, Eddie Constantine, Peter Bogdanovich, Agnès Varda
Roles Shirley
Rating59% 2.952062.952062.952062.952062.95206
Le film s'ouvre sur les acteurs Billie Dixon et Richard Bright interprétant Jean Harlow et Billy the Kid dans la pièce The Beard de Michael McClure.
Portrait of Jason, 1h45
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about prostitution, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Carl Lee, Shirley Clarke
Roles Interviewer (voice)
Rating70% 3.53853.53853.53853.53853.5385
A gay African-American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer, Jason is the sole on-screen presence in the film. He narrates his troubled life story to the camera, behind which Clarke and her partner at the time, actor Carl Lee, provoke and berate Jason with increasing hostility as the film progresses. The film employs avant-garde and cinéma vérité techniques to reach the tragedy underlying Jason's theatrical, exaggerated persona.

Director

Portrait of Jason, 1h45
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about prostitution, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Carl Lee, Shirley Clarke
Rating70% 3.53853.53853.53853.53853.5385
A gay African-American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer, Jason is the sole on-screen presence in the film. He narrates his troubled life story to the camera, behind which Clarke and her partner at the time, actor Carl Lee, provoke and berate Jason with increasing hostility as the film progresses. The film employs avant-garde and cinéma vérité techniques to reach the tragedy underlying Jason's theatrical, exaggerated persona.
The Cool World, 2h5
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Crime
Actors Antonio Fargas, Carl Lee, Clarence Williams III, Gloria Foster, Richard Ward, Val Bisoglio
Rating64% 3.235873.235873.235873.235873.23587
Un regard sur les horreurs du ghetto de Harlem, touché par la drogue, la violence, et la misère, ainsi que par le désespoir dû à la ségrégation raciale de la société américaine.
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World, 51minutes
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Rating64% 3.2362353.2362353.2362353.2362353.236235
Le documentaire parcourt les dernières années du poète Robert Frost (1874-1963). On le voit notamment recevoir une récompense des mains du président John Kennedy.
The Connection, 1h50
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Warren Finnerty, William Redfield, Garry Goodrow, Carl Lee, James Anderson, Roscoe Lee Browne
Rating69% 3.487593.487593.487593.487593.48759
Conçu comme un "documentaire fictif", la caméra suit les pas d'un jeune réalisateur tournant un film avec des musiciens de jazz et des artistes toxicomanes qui attendent chacun leur dealer d'héroïne : celui-ci se trouve être une même et unique personne, formant donc le lien (the connection) entre tous les protagonistes.

Scriptwriter

The Cool World, 2h5
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Crime
Actors Antonio Fargas, Carl Lee, Clarence Williams III, Gloria Foster, Richard Ward, Val Bisoglio
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.235873.235873.235873.235873.23587
Un regard sur les horreurs du ghetto de Harlem, touché par la drogue, la violence, et la misère, ainsi que par le désespoir dû à la ségrégation raciale de la société américaine.

Production

Portrait of Jason, 1h45
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about prostitution, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Carl Lee, Shirley Clarke
Roles Producer
Rating70% 3.53853.53853.53853.53853.5385
A gay African-American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer, Jason is the sole on-screen presence in the film. He narrates his troubled life story to the camera, behind which Clarke and her partner at the time, actor Carl Lee, provoke and berate Jason with increasing hostility as the film progresses. The film employs avant-garde and cinéma vérité techniques to reach the tragedy underlying Jason's theatrical, exaggerated persona.
The Connection, 1h50
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Warren Finnerty, William Redfield, Garry Goodrow, Carl Lee, James Anderson, Roscoe Lee Browne
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.487593.487593.487593.487593.48759
Conçu comme un "documentaire fictif", la caméra suit les pas d'un jeune réalisateur tournant un film avec des musiciens de jazz et des artistes toxicomanes qui attendent chacun leur dealer d'héroïne : celui-ci se trouve être une même et unique personne, formant donc le lien (the connection) entre tous les protagonistes.

Editor

Portrait of Jason, 1h45
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about prostitution, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Carl Lee, Shirley Clarke
Roles Editor
Rating70% 3.53853.53853.53853.53853.5385
A gay African-American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer, Jason is the sole on-screen presence in the film. He narrates his troubled life story to the camera, behind which Clarke and her partner at the time, actor Carl Lee, provoke and berate Jason with increasing hostility as the film progresses. The film employs avant-garde and cinéma vérité techniques to reach the tragedy underlying Jason's theatrical, exaggerated persona.
The Cool World, 2h5
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Crime
Actors Antonio Fargas, Carl Lee, Clarence Williams III, Gloria Foster, Richard Ward, Val Bisoglio
Roles Editor
Rating64% 3.235873.235873.235873.235873.23587
Un regard sur les horreurs du ghetto de Harlem, touché par la drogue, la violence, et la misère, ainsi que par le désespoir dû à la ségrégation raciale de la société américaine.
The Connection, 1h50
Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Warren Finnerty, William Redfield, Garry Goodrow, Carl Lee, James Anderson, Roscoe Lee Browne
Roles Editor
Rating69% 3.487593.487593.487593.487593.48759
Conçu comme un "documentaire fictif", la caméra suit les pas d'un jeune réalisateur tournant un film avec des musiciens de jazz et des artistes toxicomanes qui attendent chacun leur dealer d'héroïne : celui-ci se trouve être une même et unique personne, formant donc le lien (the connection) entre tous les protagonistes.

Team

Love Nest
Love Nest (1951)
, 1h21
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors June Haver, William Lundigan, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Fay, Leatrice Joy, Martha Wentworth
Roles Stand In
Rating61% 3.096333.096333.096333.096333.09633
When serviceman and author Jim Scott (William Lundigan) returns from Paris to his hometown, New York City, he is flabbergasted to discover that his well-meaning but unrealistic wife Connie (June Haver) has invested his wages in a run-down apartment building. Despite Connie's hopes that being a landlord will give Jim time to write a novel, Jim realizes that the building will require much work and will barely give them enough income.