Cinematography: Paul Clipson

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Paul Clipson. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Cruel Optimism (S)

2017 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Music by Lawrence English, 16mm film by Paul Clipson.

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At Hand (S)

2018 · Documentary · 6 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot A black-and-white short film made in collaboration with Sarah Davachi.

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Disporting with a Shadow (S)

2015 · Documentary · 4 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot A 16mm music video for Alex Cobb’s titled track, shot by Paul Clipson.

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Black Field

2017 · Documentary · 70 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot A 70 minute 16mm film / sound performance.

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Hypnosis Display

2014 · Documentary · 75 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Hypnosis display is an original live sound and 16mm film collaboration between experimental vocalist and musician Grouper and filmmaker Paul Clipson.

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Feeler (S)

2016 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot 16mm film by Paul Clipson, and music by Sarah Davachi. Filmed in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Brisbane, Kraków, Sidney, Portland, Napa, Oakland and San Francisco.

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Passageways

2007 · Documentary · 28 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Super 8mm film by Paul Clipson. Music by Tarentel.

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Transparent Things (S)

2014 · Documentary · 9 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Super 8mm film by Paul Clipson. Music by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma.

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Sun Place (S)

2007 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Propulsive in-camera editing sends this nature collage deep into the embraces of dandelions.

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Corridors (S)

2007 · Documentary · 25 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Paul's Super8 films, shot entirely in New York City, channel the blissed out states of color drenched psychadellia explored by Brakage as well as lovely black and white still life's...

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Made of Air (S)

2014 · Documentary · 11 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot A dream lament for a drowned world. Filmed in London, Zurich, San Francisco, Berkeley and Napa. Music by Grouper.

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Void Redux (S)

2013 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot A nervous portrait of a Zagreb train station filmed from the tracks. The imminent impact leads to seeing stars. Super 8mm film with music by Barn Owl.

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Union (S)

2010 · Documentary · 15 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot An exploration of movement, woven into layers of time, and photographed in natural and nocturnal urban spaces, ambiguous within a confluence of lights, colors and darkness.

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Watercolor Night Montage No. 7 (S)

2006 · Documentary · 9 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Super 8mm film by Paul Clipson. Music by Tarentel.

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The Liquid Casket/Wilderness of Mirrors (S)

2014 · Documentary · 10 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Clipson, like some reckless traveller driven by a Mabusian force, takes us on a journey, hypnotically guiding us through a realm of dreams that seems to consist solely of light,...

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Speaking Corpse (S)

2012 · Documentary · 8 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Super 8mm film by Paul Clipson. Music by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma.

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Other States (S)

2013 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Super 8mm film by Paul Clipson. Music by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. An attempt through improvised in-camera multiple exposure, to capture a heightened, altered state, whether it be anxiety attack, hallucination or...

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Araneae (S)

2011 · Documentary · 5 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Filmmaker Paul Clipson’s underlying attraction to things that elude the touch finds its apotheosis in the translucent thread of the spider’s web, contrasted here against the grey solidity of a...

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Two Suns (S)

2005 · Documentary · min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Desolation supreme in a Super 8 tour of California's urban and non-urban landscapes. Lonely is an eyesore: the blur of neon lights or the grain in the wire, sustained by...

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Put It on the Ground (S)

2004 · Documentary · 10 min. · United States

Direction Paul Clipson

Plot Super 8mm film by Paul Clipson. Music by Tarentel.

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