Independent Feature Films
"Shuttlecock" (1989) - World Premiere, Berlin International Film Festival, Forum, Berlin, Germany
"Recent Sorrows" (1984) - World Premiere, San Francisco International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival,
San Francisco, Caliifornia
"Dan's Motel" (1981) - World Premiere, New Directors/New Films, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
Retrospective Film Exhibitions
2007 Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, Schwerin, Germany
2004 Hof International Film Festival, Hof, Bavaria, Germany
2003 Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz, Portugal
2002 South Dakota Art Museum, SD State University, Brookings, South Dakota
1998 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
1991 The Museum of Modern Art, Cineprobe, New York City, New York
1990 Roxie Cinema, San Francisco, California
1986 DAAD, Arsenal, Berlin, West Germany
Metropolis, Hamburg, West Germany
German Film Museum, Frankfurt, West Germany
1980 Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California
1979 The Cinematheque, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Selected International Film Festivals, Film Exhibitions & Theatrical Releases
2002 University of Minnesota Film Society, “Films with the Filmmaker,” Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998 Berliner Künstlerprogram des DAAD, Arsenal, Berlin, Germany
1992 Third Channel-TV, Munich, Frankfurt and Cologne, Germany
1991 Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany
Arsenal, Berlin, Germany
The Museum of Modern Art, "Film Arts Foundation at Fifteen," New York, NY
Third Channel-TV, Munich, Frankfurt and Cologne, Germany
1990 Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
Houston International Film Festival, Houston, Texas
Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, California
Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, Illinois
Cannon Art Houses, Rotterdam, The Hague & Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1989 Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, West Germany
Florence Film Festival, Florence, Italy
Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley, California
Film Arts Festival, Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, California
Uppsala Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden
Gottingen Film Festival, Gottingen, West Germany
1989 Fifige Film Festival, Hamburg, West Germany
1987 WNET-TV, "Independent Focus," New York, New York
1985 Munich International Film Festival, Munich, West Germany
American Independent Film Festival, Amsterdam, Holland
German television in Munich and Cologne, West Germany
Antwerp International Film Festival, Antwerp, Belgium
1984 Hof International Film Festival, Hof, West Germany
International Film Exhibit, Taipei, Taiwan
San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, San Francisco
1983 Agee Room at Bleecker Street Cinema, New York
"Film in the Cities," Minneapolis, Minnesota
Festival International de Cinema, Figueria da Foz, Portugal
Lisbon Cinematheque, Lisbon, Portugal
Florence Film Festival, Florence, Italy
Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
Festival International du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada
1982 The Museum of Modern Art, "New Directors/New Films," New York City
Denver International Film Festival, Denver, Colorado
Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley, California
Cinemateque, Athens, Greece
Hof International Film Festival, Hof, West Germany
Pacific Film Archives, "An Evening of Bay Area Film," Berkeley, California
1979 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
1978 Midwest Film Conference, Chicago, Illinois
1977 Palo Alto Filmmakers' Guild, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
Santa Clara Film Festival, Santa Clara, California
1976 Festival Internationale del Film Sull'arte e di Biografie d'artisti, Asolo, Italy
Film Awards & Residency
1990 Foreign Critics' Choice, Rotterdam Internatl. Film Festival, Rotterdam, Holland
1989 Jury's Choice, Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, California
1986-87 DAAD Residency (Deutscher Akademischer Austanschdienst), Berlin, Germany
1976 Director's Choice, Sinking Creek Film Celebration, North Carolina
1976 Juror's Award, San Francisco Art Institute Student Exhibition, San Francisco
Selected Lectures, Guest Presentations & Art Related Positions
2002 “Films with the Filmmaker,” University of Minnesota Film Society, Minneapolis, MN
Guest Lecturer, “Film Narrative,” Department of Film, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
1993 Guest Lecturer, "Film Directing," Department of Film, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California
1992 Guest Presenter, "Folklore," Dept of Anthropology, Univ, of California, Berkeley
1990 Guest Lecturer, "Art & Artists of San Francisco," San Francisco State University
1988 Script Consultant to William Farley's "Of Men and Angels"
Actor in Jon Jost's "Rembrandt Laughing"
1987 Actor in Wim Wender's "Wings of Desire"
1985 Panel Member, "Independent Filmmaking," Amsterdam, Holland
1977 Judge, Second Annual Palo Alto Film Festival, Palo Alto, California
1975 Cinematographer for Simon Edery's "Eloisa"
Cinematographer for George Berg's "Seth," "Ely Ain't My Name," "The Tribe is Broken" and "Good News"
1974 Lighting Design for George Berg's "Duet in Time"
1973 Opticals for George Berg's "Pit of Lost Souls: Report of A60817A"
Television & Radio Interviews - Film
Wahl, Jan. "Talkin' Pictures." San Francisco, BayTV: interview, August 29, 1998.
Knight, Michael. San Francisco, KNBR Radio: interview, November 11, 1989.
Braitman, Wendy. "Reel Talk." San Francisco, KALW radio: interview, November 5, 1989.
Sullivan, Monica. Berkeley, KALX Radio: interview, November 9, 1989.
Steiger, Bonnie. "Below San Francisco." San Francisco, Viacom Cablevision: interview, September 26, 1989.
Naefe, Vivian. "Hof Film Festival." Munich, Bavarian television: interview, October, 1982.
Strauven, Michael. "Interview from Hof." Berlin, Berlin television: interview October, 1982.
Larson, Larry. "Jerry Barrish, Independent Filmmaker." San Francisco, Viacom Cablevision: interview, August, 1979.
Selected Bibliography - Film
Maerker, Christa. "Jerry Barrish's Films: Many Lovers and a Funeral." Catalogue. Jerry Ross Barrish, Sculpturen, Schwerin, Germany, 2007.
Hof 38th International Film Festival Catalogue, Hof, Germany, 27-31 October, 2004
Harvey, Dennis. "Jerry Barrish Retrospective." San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 2, 1998
Morris, Gary. "Second Time Around." SF Weekly, San Francisco, September 2, 1998.
Schmidt, Rick. "Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices." New York: Penguin Books, 1995 (Revised edition)
Dodsworth, Fred. “Bonding with Barrish.” The City, San Francisco, Number 3, 1990.
Petrakis, John. "Shuttlecock." New City, Chicago, March 29, 1990.
Van Bueren, Peter. "People without a Place." De Volksrant, Amsterdam, January 29, 1990.
Winkler, Thomas. "Like a Hole in the Wall." AAZ, Berlin, December 15, 1989.
Sterneborg, Anke. "A Look at the Screen: Shuttlecock." Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Dec. 14, 1989.
Forst, Achim. "Sunny Neurosis." Tip, Berlin, December, 1989.
Schwahlen, Katrin. "Shuttlecock - Love Without Jealousy." Zitty, Berlin, December, 1989.
Armstrong, David. "Back and Forth in Pacifica." San Francisco Examiner, November 8, 1989.
Stack, Peter. "Love and Sex at Seashore." San Francisco Chronicle, November 8, 1989.
Bladen, Barbara. "Barrish: the Fellini of Pacifica." San Mateo Times, November 7, 1989.
Guthmann, Edward. "Bearish on Barrish." Datebook: San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 5, 1989.
De Forest, Julie. "Barrish Enters ‘Mainstream’ with Third Film." Pacifica Tribune, Nov. 1, 1989.
Jansen, Peter W. "Movement of the Curve." Basler Zeitung, Berlin, March 1, 1989.
Metzner, Jochen. "Shuttlecock." Tagesspeigel, Berlin, February 23, 1989.
Schnelle, Josef. "Tonight or Always?." Kolner Stadtanzeiger, Cologne, February 23, 1989.
Lacher-Remy, Georg. "Funny Problems." Journal, Berlin, February 18, 1989.
Ranvaud, Don. "Emotional Rescue." Journal, Berlin, February 18, 1989.
Maerker, Christa. "Jerry Barrish." Internationales Forum Des Jugen Films, Berlin, February, 1989.
Alexander, Georg. "A European Perspective." The Off Hollywood Report, Los Angeles, October, 1988.
Ghent, Janet. "Subtitles Bailed Out Dyslexic Filmmaker." Oakland Tribune, August 23, 1988.
Stack, Peter. "A Real ‘San Francisco’ Story." San Francisco Chronicle, June 21, 1984.
Guthmann, Edward. "Gay, Straight Relationships." San Francisco Chronicle, June 17, 1984.
Ellis, Morgan. "Love Under the Rainbow." Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco, June 14, 1984.
Doohan, Brian. "Theme from the Motel." City Arts Monthly, San Francisco, October, 1982.
Stack, Peter. "A ‘Little’ Movie That Almost Got Away." San Francisco Chronicle, May 14, 1982.
Kuttna, Mari. "Report from Edinburgh." Film World, Bombay, November, 1979.
Ahlgren, Calvin. "Barrish: One-Man Show of Hand Crafted Films." San Francisco Chronicle, September 9, 1979.
Louter, King. "Barrish the Image Weaver." The Stanford Daily, Palo Alto, October 13, 1977.
