Portrait of an Unknown Artist
Documentary, 2025 (39m)
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 hopelessness?
A collaboration with my brother, Owen Gothill.
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Film © 2025 Eli Gothill & Owen Gothill
Photograph © 1992 Hanneke van Velzen