Portrait of an Unknown Artist

Documentary, 2025 (25m)

Portrait explores the life and art of Tom Schurr, my longtime friend and collaborator, as he grapples with the onslaught of Parkinson's disease. Through intimate conversations, raw observation and archival material, it asks: what compels a person to devote their life to making art, even in the face of obscurity and physical decline?

A collaboration with my brother, Owen Gothill.

Screenings

• Festival Mondial des Cinémas Sauvages — Brussels, Belgium — 25 September 2026
• DokuBaku IDFF — Baku, Azerbaijan — 13 October 2025

Film © 2025 Eli Gothill & Owen Gothill

Photograph © 1992 Hanneke van Velzen