John Luther Schofill, Jr.
John Luther Schofill, Jr. (1941-), American film maker, Professor of film, and lover of classical music.
Biography
John was born January 17, 1941 in Charleston, South Carolina, and raised on U.S. military reservations.
He graduated from the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University with a degree in Nuclear Engineering in 1962 and was accepted at Berkeley for graduate studies. While at Berkeley Schofill became involved in independent experimental film. As early as 1968 John was running a weekly avant-garde film screening series on the Berkeley campus which allowed him to study hundreds of films. John was also a programmer at the Mendocino Art Center's Experimental Film Institute.
Schofill became an accomplished film maker and ultimately directed three films and assisted with several others while at Berkeley. In 1968 John's work brought him to the attention of Stan Brakhage. John completed his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering in 1969 and not long after graduation moved to Chicago to teach at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with Brakhage.
By 1974 he was an Assistant Professor at the institute. That year he received a Guggenheim Fellowship which he applied to his study of the works of James Broughton, with whom he maintained a long correspondence until at least 1986. Just as he had in Berkeley John arranged an avant-garde film screening series and it was here that he met a kindred spirit, Beth, who became his second wife. John taught film making at the Art Institute for 17 years.
John and Beth left Chicago in 1990 when she joined the U.S. Air Force and became a Mandarin Chinese linguist. John is now avidly studying classical music, of which he owns more than 10,000 CDs, and working on an encyclopedia of classical music while Beth follows her Air Force career. As of March 2004 they were stationed at Misawa Japan.
Works
Author
- Thesis: Measurement Of The Kinetics Of Oxidation Of Molybdenum By Means Of The Reacting, Rotating Disk Technique (Nov 1969) Accession Number : AD0176009
Title : MEASUREMENT OF THE KINETICS OF OXIDATION OF MOLYBDENUM BY MEANS OF THE REACTING, ROTATING DISK TECHNIQUE.
Descriptive Note : THESIS,
Corporate Author : CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY LAWRENCE RADIATION LAB
Personal Author(s) : SCHOFILL,J. L. , JR.
Report Date : NOV 1969
Pagination or Media Count : 137 Measurement Of The Kinetics Of Oxidation Of Molybdenum By Means Of The Reacting, Rotating Disk Technique
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- Report: Investigation Of The Convective-diffusion Limited Oxidation Of Molybdenum By The Rotating Disk Method (Oct 1970) with D. R. OlanderAccession Number : AD0177109
Title : INVESTIGATION OF THE CONVECTIVE-DIFFUSION LIMITED OXIDATION OF MOLYBDENUM BY THE ROTATING DISK METHOD.
Corporate Author :
Personal Author(s) : OLANDER,D. R. ; SCHOFILL,J. L. , JR. ; .,
Report Date : OCT 1970
Pagination or Media Count : 10Investigation Of The Convective-diffusion Limited Oxidation Of Molybdenum By The Rotating Disk Method
, Metallurgical Transactions, 1, (1970) 2775-2784.
Director - filmography
- Die (1966) - 5 min (Won first prize at the 1968 University of Santa Clara Film Festival)
- Filmpiece for Sunshine (1966-1968) - 23 min
- XFilm (1966-1968) - 14 min
- Portrait of the Poet as James Broughton, Part One (1974-1980) - 40 min
These are all available from the Canyon Cinema Cooperative.
Cinematographer - filmography
- Black Panthers (1968) - 28 min
- Dreamwood (1972) - 45 min
- Spurt of Blood - 1 hr
Quotes
Regarding the film Turn, Turn, Turn: Absolutely stoned by the film. One of the most beautiful experiences of my film-watching consciousness.
References
External links
- Canyon Cinema, excellent source for experimental film rentals