Shirley Clarke
Director · 62 credits · 9 in highly-rated films
Best known for He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986)
Frequent collaborators: D. A. Pennebaker, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Jonas Mekas
Directed movies (46 total, ranked by score)
- 1
A Visual Diary
1980 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)
2Brussels Loops
1958
Documentary
3Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
1963 · ★ 6.0 (7 votes)
Documentary
4Skyscraper
1959 · ★ 7.2 (12 votes)
Documentary
5Portrait of Jason
1967 · ★ 6.5 (43 votes)
Documentary
- 6
Tongues
1982 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Drama
7Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium
1978
- 8
In Paris Parks
1954 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Documentary
9Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans
1978
Fantasy
10Bullfight
1955
Documentary
11The Connection
1962 · ★ 6.4 (31 votes)
Drama
12Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three
1978
Fantasy
13Ornette: Made in America
1986 · ★ 6.3 (11 votes)
Documentary, Music
14Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
1978
15Bridges-Go-Round 1
1958 · ★ 6.9 (14 votes)
Documentary
16A Scary Time
1960 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)
17Dance in the Sun
1953 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)
Music, Documentary
18The Cool World
1964 · ★ 5.4 (21 votes)
Drama, Crime
19Savage/Love
1981
Drama
20A Moment in Love
1956 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)
Romance
21Home Movies #20: Dance Tests
2016
Documentary
22For Life, Against the War
1967 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Animation
- 23
Butterfly
1967 · ★ 5.6 (5 votes)
War, Animation
24Bridges-Go-Round 2
1958 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
2524 Frames per Second
1977 · ★ 4.2 (4 votes)
- 26
Ornette Coleman: A Jazz Video Game
1984
- 27
Bullfight: The C and D Rolls
2016
- 28
Rose and the Players – Part 1
2016
- 29
Decroux Film
2016
Documentary
- 30
Rose and the Players – Part 2
2016
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.