Larry Gottheim | |
Birth Date: | December 3, 1936 |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Filmmaker |
Years Active: | 1970–2016 |
Notable Works: | Fog Line, Barn Rushes |
Larry Gottheim (born 1936) is an American avant-garde filmmaker.
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]
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.