Larry Gottheim

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

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

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. 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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