WVXU-FM repeats a one-hour interview Saturday with Cincinnati filmmaker Steve Gebhardt, who died Oct. 15 at his Cincinnati home. He was 78.
After founding and directing the University of Cincinnati Film Society in the 1960s, Gebhardt directed films for John Lennon and Yoko Ono and produced the 鈥淟adies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones鈥� concert documentary in the 1970s. He also produced in 1993 with former Enquirer music writer Larry Nager.
His credits include 鈥淛ohn Lennon Live in New York City,鈥� 鈥淚magine,鈥� 鈥淕imme Some Truth: The Making Of John Lennon鈥檚 Imagine Album,鈥� 鈥淛ohn Lennon and Yoko Ono Present the One-To-One Concert,鈥� 鈥淕otta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan,鈥� and the short films 鈥淔ly鈥� and 鈥淔reedom鈥� by Lennon and Ono, according to the .
鈥淚 could sit for hours and listen to his stories,鈥� says WVXU-FM producer Lee Hay, who has aired several interviews with Gebhardt on 鈥淎round Cincinnati.鈥�
At 11 p.m. Saturday, WVXU-FM will rebroadcast 鈥淪teve Gebhardt: Cincinnati Filmmaker,鈥� a 2011 interview with David Delegator about two of Gebhardt鈥檚 films, Carla Bley鈥檚 Escalator Over the Hill鈥� jazz opera and 鈥淭wenty to Life: The Life and Times of John Sinclair,鈥� a documentary about the political activist and founding member of the White Panther Party.
鈥淪teve had some interesting cultural connections,鈥� says Ron Esposito, a long-time friend and former WVXU-FM staffer.
The says he was born here Stephen Eric Gebhardt on Jan. 6, 1937. His father founded the William E. Gebhardt School of Commercial Art, now part of Antonelli College here, the Times says.
While at the University of Cincinnati in the 1960s, earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in architecture and a master鈥檚 degree in community planning, he 鈥渂ecame infatuated with film,鈥� the Times says. Gebphardt and fellow Cincinnati filmmaker Robert Fries moved to New York, where they met Lennon and Ono and worked for their Joko Films.
He returned to Cincinnati about 30 years ago, says Esposito, a certified life coach and addiction recovery facilitator at the Conscious Living Center in Mount Auburn.
