Shirley Clarke

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Shirley Clarke was an influential American independent filmmaker known for her innovative, socially engaged work that helped define New York’s avant-garde and underground cinema in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf film director
independent filmmaker
person
activeIn New York City NERFINISHED
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature NERFINISHED
awardReceivedFor Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World NERFINISHED
birthDate 1919-10-02
birthPlace New York NERFINISHED
New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
citizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
deathDate 1997-09-23
educatedAt Columbia University
New School for Social Research NERFINISHED
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans NERFINISHED
familyName Clarke NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork documentary film
experimental film
independent cinema
gender female
givenName Shirley NERFINISHED
influenced American independent cinema NERFINISHED
New York underground film scene
knownFor New York avant-garde cinema NERFINISHED
independent filmmaking
socially engaged films
underground cinema
movement New American Cinema NERFINISHED
avant-garde cinema
underground film
name Shirley Clarke NERFINISHED
nationality United States of America
surface form: United States
notableWork Bridges-Go-Round NERFINISHED
Portrait of Jason NERFINISHED
Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World NERFINISHED
Skyscraper NERFINISHED
The Connection NERFINISHED
The Cool World NERFINISHED
occupation editor
film director
film producer
screenwriter
relative Wendy Clarke NERFINISHED
spouse Bert Clarke NERFINISHED
workedOnTheme LGBTQ representation in film
drug addiction
race relations in the United States

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