Guy Sherwin

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Known For Director

Gender Male

Guy Sherwin

Biography

Born in 1948, Guy Sherwin studied painting at Chelsea School of Art in London. Inspired by films and expanded cinema from the London Filmmakers’ Co-op, he began making films and acquired laboratory skills while working there during the 1970s. His 16mm films are often highly concentrated in their form, but very diverse in terms of their imagery and approach. The Short Film Series (1975-ongoing) and live performance pieces such as Man with Mirror (1976-ongoing) involve human, animal and natural phenomena transcribed as filmic subjects, while his optical sound films and performances explore a wide variety of abstract audiovisual ideas.

Known For

Director

2017
Nijomasue

as Director

2017
Paper Landscape #2

as Director

2016
Light Cycles

as Director

2014
Short Film Series

as Director

2013
Guy & Kai

as Director

2013
Window/Light

as Director

2013
Piano

as Director

2011
Yi Wei

as Director

2010
Mei

as Director

2009
Paper Landscape

as Director

2007
Sound Cuts

as Director

2007
Mobius Loops

as Director

2007
Notes #2

as Director

2007
Interval #2

as Director

2007
Optical Sound

as Director

2007
Cross Section #2

as Director

2005
2005
Views from Home

as Director

2003
Newsprint #2

as Director

2003
Cycles #3

as Director

1998
Flight

as Director

1998
Filter Beds

as Director

1998
Animal Studies

as Director

1998
Tree Reflection

as Director

1998
Cat

as Director

1998
Clouds & Wires

as Director

1998
Coots

as Director

1998
Gnats

as Director

1998
Tree & Cloud

as Director

1996
Prelude

as Director

1995
Under the Freeway

as Director

1991
1986
Salt Water

as Director

1984
Messages

as Director

1980
Wind & Water

as Director

1980
Connemara

as Director

1979
Notes

as Director

1979
Night Train

as Director

1979
Notes #1

as Director

1978
Tap

as Director

1978
Eye

as Director

1978
Clock & Train

as Director

1978
Breathing

as Director

1978
Barn

as Director

1978
Maya

as Director

1978
Cycle

as Director

1978
Metronome

as Director

1978
Light Leaves

as Director

1977
Chimney

as Director

1977
Cat on TV

as Director

1977
Swimming

as Director

1977
Columns

as Director

1977
Blink

as Director

1977
Candle & Clock

as Director

1977
Musical Stairs

as Director

1977
Railings

as Director

1977
Soundtrack

as Director

1976
Man with Mirror

as Director

1976
Hand/Shutter

as Director

1976
Window

as Director

1976
Handcrank Clock

as Director

1976
Treeline

as Director

1976
Track

as Director

1976
Vermeer Frames

as Director

1975
1974
At the Academy

as Director

1974
Spirals

as Director

1974
Interval

as Director

1972
Cycles #1

as Director

1972
Newsprint #1

as Director

1972
Sound Shapes

as Director

1971
Phase Loop

as Director