Larry Gottheim

Larry Gottheim

Directing

Born December 3, 1936 · New York, New York

25 films as director · Active 1969–2026

Larry Gottheim (born December 3, 1936) taught himself 16mm filmmaking in the 1960s and became one of America's leading avant-garde filmmakers. From his late-1960s series of sublime 'single-shot' films…

Known for

Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

1997

Home Movies 1971-81

Home Movies 1971-81

1985

Video Album 5: The Thursday People

Video Album 5: The Thursday People

1987

Four Shadows

Four Shadows

1978

Directed(25)

A Private Room

2024A Private Room★ 6.0

Entanglement

2022Entanglement

Knot/Not

2019Knot/Not★ 8.0

Chants and Dances for Hand

2017Chants and Dances for Hand

The Opening

2012The Opening

Your Television Traveler

1991Your Television Traveler★ 6.0

Machete Gillette... Mama

1989Machete Gillette... Mama★ 6.0

Mnemosyne Mother of Muses

1987Mnemosyne Mother of Muses★ 7.3

The Red Thread

1987The Red Thread★ 6.0

"Sorry/Hear Us"

1984"Sorry/Hear Us"★ 6.0

Natural Selection

1983Natural Selection★ 6.0

Tree of Knowledge

1981Tree of Knowledge★ 8.0

Four Shadows

1978Four Shadows★ 7.0

Mouches Volantes

1976Mouches Volantes★ 7.0

Horizons

1973Horizons★ 8.5

Barn Rushes

1971Barn Rushes★ 6.2

Harmonica

1971Harmonica★ 6.0

Doorway

1971Doorway★ 6.0

Thought

Fog Line

1970Fog Line★ 6.5

Corn

1970Corn★ 7.0

ALA

Blues

1969Blues★ 6.0

Acting(4)

1997Birth of a NationSelf

1987Video Album 5: The Thursday People

1985Home Movies 1971-81

1978Four Shadows

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