Larry Gottheim (born 1936) is an American

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maker.

Early life

Gottheim was born December 3, 1936. He attended a high school for music and the arts. Gottheim went to

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational lib ...

for undergraduate studies, where he became interested in poetry and fiction. He earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature at

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Career

Gottheim became a faculty member at

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university in Binghamton metropolitan area, Greater Binghamton, New York, United States. It is one of the four uni ...

, where he began teaching literature. He purchased a

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camera and began learning how to make films. In 1969 Gottheim brought filmmaker

Ken Jacobs Ken Jacobs (born May 25, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American experimental filmmaker. His style often involves the use of found footage which he edits and manipulates. He has also directed films using his own footage. Ken Jacobs directed ...

to Binghamton, and they established a film department, the first in the SUNY system. His ''Elective Affinities'' series, named after the novel by

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, is a collection of four films: ''Mouches Volantes'', ''Four Shadows'', ''Tree of Knowledge'', and ''Natural Selection''. Gottheim was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2023.

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) * ''Chants and Dances for Hand'' (2016) * ''Knot/Not'' (2019) * ''Entanglement'' (2022) * ''A Private Room'' (2024)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gottheim, Larry 1936 births American experimental filmmakers Binghamton University faculty Living people Oberlin College alumni Yale University alumni