Larry Gottheim
BornDecember 3, 1936
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1970–2016
Notable workFog Line, Barn Rushes

Larry Gottheim (born 1936) is an American avant-garde filmmaker.

Early life

Gottheim was born December 3, 1936. He attended a high school for music and the arts.[1]

Gottheim went to Oberlin College for undergraduate studies, where he became interested in poetry and fiction. He earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Yale University.[1][2]

Career

Gottheim became a faculty member at Binghamton University, where he began teaching literature. He purchased a Bolex camera and began learning how to make films.[1] In 1969 Gottheim brought filmmaker Ken Jacobs to Binghamton, and they established a film department, the first in the SUNY system.[3] His Elective Affinities series, named after the novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is a collection of four films: Mouches Volantes, Four Shadows, Tree of Knowledge, and Natural Selection.

Filmography

  • Blues (1970)
  • Fog Line (1970)
  • Corn (1970)
  • Doorway (1971)
  • Thought (1971)
  • Harmonica (1971)
  • Barn Rushes (1971)
  • Horizons (1973)
  • Mouches Volantes (1976)
  • Four Shadows (1978)
  • Tree of Knowledge (1981)
  • Natural Selection (1984)
  • Sorry / Hear Us (1986)
  • Mnemosyne Mother of Muses (1987)
  • The Red Thread (1987)
  • Machette Gillette... Mama (1989)
  • Your Television Traveler (1991)[4]
  • Chants and Dances for Hand (2016)[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 MacDonald, Scott (1988). A Critical Cinema: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers. University of California Press. pp. 78–82. ISBN 978-0-520-05801-9.
  2. ↑ MacDonald, Scott (2015). Binghamton Babylon: Voices from the Cinema Department, 1967–1977. SUNY Press. p. 214.
  3. ↑ Fiore, Anthony (April 27, 2012). "Ken Jacobs, godfather of BU cinema, returns to campus". Pipe Dream. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Larry Gottheim". The Film-Makers' Cooperative. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Now from Larry Gottheim: Chants and Dances for Hand". Canyon Cinema. December 28, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
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