Larry Gottheim (born 1936) is an American avant-garde filmmaker.
Larry Gottheim | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 3, 1936 New York City, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1970–Present |
| Notable work | Fog Line, Barn Rushes |
Early life
editGottheim 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
editGottheim 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. Gottheim was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2023.[4]
Filmography
edit- 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)[5]
- Chants and Dances for Hand (2016)[6]
- Knot/Not (2019)
- Entanglement (2022)
- A Private Room (2024)
References
edit- ^ a b c MacDonald, Scott (1988). A Critical Cinema: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers. University of California Press. pp. 78–82. ISBN 978-0-520-05801-9.
- ^ MacDonald, Scott (2015). Binghamton Babylon: Voices from the Cinema Department, 1967–1977. SUNY Press. p. 214.
- ^ Fiore, Anthony (April 27, 2012). "Ken Jacobs, godfather of BU cinema, returns to campus". Pipe Dream. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ "Larry Gottheim". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ "Larry Gottheim". The Film-Makers' Cooperative. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ "Now from Larry Gottheim: Chants and Dances for Hand". Canyon Cinema. December 28, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2019.