Larry Gottheim

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.

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.

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. In 1969 Gottheim brought filmmaker Ken Jacobs to Binghamton, and they established a film department, the first in the SUNY system. 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)
 * Chants and Dances for Hand (2016)