- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 31, 1942
- Place of Birth
- New York, New York
- Died
- September 6, 2011
George Kuchar
George Kuchar (August 31, 1942 – September 6, 2011) and his twin brother Mike began making films as teenagers in the 1950s, with 8mm film being their weapon of choice. After shocking their local amateur filmmaking club with their over-the-top stories of lust and angst, they became stars of the NYC underground scene in the 1960s, befriending the likes of Jonas Mekas and Jack Smith. Always working with the constraints of minuscule budgets and nonprofessional actors, the Kuchar’s inspiration comes from classic Hollywood melodrama. Their cheaply made pictures, rather than being held back by lack of funds, blossomed in the shackles of poverty; the garish colors of the cheap makeup and sets were perfectly complemented by the bold color range afforded by Kodachrome reversal stock. The wild (and sometimes the inverse of wild) acting, use of stock music, lack of synch sound, hyperbolic narration,…
Filmography
Kuchar-esque
2024 · Writer, Director
movieThat Woman
2018 · Barbara Walters
movieOh Hi Anne
2017 · Himself
(ir)reverence
2013
movieBig Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
2013 · Self
movieBloodrape
2011 · Grandpa
movieThe Butchered Beefcake
2011 · , Director
movieEmpire of Evil
2011 · Director
movieHotSpell
2011 · Director
movieEat My Makeup!
2010
movieThe Nutrient Express
2010 · , Director
movieTummy Ache Times
2010 · , Director
movieCalorie Cottage
2010 · , Director
movieDelectable Destinations
2010 · , Director
movieVintage Visits
2010 · , Director
movieWebtide
2010 · Himself, Director
movieLingo of the Lost
2010 · Director
movieRoom 666
2010 · Director
movieZealots of the Zinc Zone
2010 · Director
movieNibbles
2010 · Director
movieJewel of Jeopardy
2010 · Director
movieIt Came from Kuchar
2009 · Self
movieZombies of Zanzibar
2009 · Director
movieMaggots and Men
2009
movieWhy Are You Weird?
2009 · Professor
movieVault of Vapors
2009 · , Director
movieThe Hairy Horror
2009 · Himself, Director
movieThe Unmentionables
2009 · , Director
movieCelebrity Casino
2009 · Director
movieMellow Magic
2009 · Director
movieBurrito Bay
2009 · Director
movieAcid Redux
2009 · Director
movieJamboree Journey
2009 · Director
movieArt Space
2009 · Director
movieLibido Lagoon
2009 · Director
movieSolstice
2009 · Director
movie3 Stories About Evil
2008
moviePortrait of Genie
2008 · Himself, Director
movieCoven of the Heathenites
2008 · Self, Director
movieOrphans of the Cosmos
2008 · Director
moviePictographic Piles
2008 · Director
movieThe Crypt of Frankenstein
2008 · Director
January Jubilee
2008 · Director
movieAtrium of the Omni-Orb
2008 · Director
movieX MASS
2008 · Director
movieEye on the Sky
2008 · Director
movieFlashBulb Alley
2008 · Director
movieSpectral Delivery
2008 · Director
movieSeaside Show
2008 · Director
movie365 Day Project
2007 · Self
movieFrigid Escapades
2007 · Director
movieJack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007 · Self
movieWater Sports
2007 · Himself, Director
movieCinemaville
2007 · Self, Director
movieThe Ghost of Dr Foo
2007 · Director
movieHoliday Hang Ups
2006 · Director
movieHitchcocked!
2006 · Self
movieMeet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
Tomorrow Always Comes
2006
movieI, of the Cyclops
2006 · Director
movieGarden of Goodies
2006 · Director
movieFaulty Fathoms
2006 · Director
movieThe Fury of Frau Frankenstein
2005 · Director
movieGeorge Kuchar: An Interview
2005 · George Kuchar, Director
movieSong of the Whoopee Wind
2005 · Himself, Director
movieDynasty of Depravity
2005 · Director
movieLumps of Joy
2004 · , Director
A Fatal Desire
2004 · Director
movieElectrocute Your Stars
2004
movieSupercell
2004 · Himself, Director
movieKaponga Island
2004 · Director
movieTemple of Torment
2004 · Director
Visitation Rites
2003 · , Director
movieBurnout
2003 · Himself, Director
movieButter Balls
2003 · Director
movieKiss of Frankenstein
2003 · Director
movieThe Passion Pot
2003 · Director
movieThe Gates of Gomorrah
2002 · Self, Director
movieThe Kingdom By The Sea
2002 · Himself, Director
movieArizona Byways
2001 · Self, Director
movieHoney Bunnies on Ice
2001 · Director
movieDivine Trash
2000 · Self
movieMetropolitan Monologues
2000 · Himself, Director
movieCyclone Alley Ceramics
2000 · Director
moviePlanet of the Vamps
2000 · Director
movieAquatica
2000 · Director
movieSecrets of the Shadow World
1999 · Himself, Director
All Smiles and Sadness
1999 · Monologue Narrator
movieChigger Country
1999 · , Director
movieBrakhage
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieEvery Dog Has Its Day
1998 · Thanks
movieBongwater
1998 · Homeless Man
movieMary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore
1998 · Banquet speaker
movieDomain of the Pixel Pixies
1998 · Himself, Director
moviePhantom of the Pine Barrens
1998 · Director
movieThe Inmate
1997 · Himself, Director
movieLaw of Desire
1997
movieOasis of the Pharaohs
1997 · Director
Sunset After Dark
1996 · George Kilman
movieUncle Evil
1996 · Himself, Director
movieSeason of Sorrow
1996 · Himself, Director
movieVermin of the Vortex
1996 · Self, Director, Camera Operator, Editor
movieSociety Slut
1995 · Director
Grotto of the Gorgons
1995 · Director
movieThe Unclean
1995 · Director
movieHolidaze, 1994
1994 · Camera Operator, Screenplay, Editor, Director
movieCellar Sinema
1994 · , Director
movieUrchins of Ungawa
1994 · , Director
movieDingleberry Jingles
1994 · Self, Director
movieThe Cage of Nicholas
1994 · Director
movieTales of the Twilight Typist
1994 · Director
Nirvana of the Nebbishites
1994 · Director
movieThe Tower of the Astro-Cyclops
1994 · Director
movieRoute 666
1994 · Director, Writer
movieI Was a Teenage Serial Killer
1993 · Other
movieAndy's House of Gary
1993 · Director
Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical
1993 · Director
movieID CAME FROM INNER SPACE
1993 · Director
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
1993 · , Director
Ann Arbor
1993 · , Director
movieGlacier Park Video Views
1993 · Director
Dial A Kvetch
1993 · Director
movieSherman Acres
1992 · Ira, Director
movieAward
1992 · Himself, Director
movieGoing Nowhere
1992 · Himself, Director
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
1992 · , Director
Impaction of the Igneous
1992 · Director
Pilgrimage
1992 · Director
movieThe Holiday Xmas Video of 1991
1991 · Director
movieScarlet Droppings
1991 · Himself, Director
movieFoto Spread
1991 · Self, Director
movieGastronomic Getaway
1991 · , Director
Indian Summer
1991 · , Director
movieWeather Watch
1991 · , Director
The Fall of the House of Yasmin
1991 · Director
Dialogue of the Devil Dolls
1991 · Director
movieKiss of the Veggie Vixen
1990 · Self, Director
movieThe Warming of the Hell House
1990 · Self, Director of Photography
movieSwamp
1990 · Uncle George
movieA Passage to Wetness
1990 · , Director
movieSnap 'n Snatch
1990 · Himself, Director
movieRocky Interlude
1990 · Himself, Director
movieWeather Diary 6
1990 · Director
Edibile Atrocities
1990 · Director
moviePictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989 · , Director
movieFill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989 · , Director
movieMigration of the Blubberoids
1989 · , Director
movieChili Line Stops Here
1989 · Himself, Director
moviePrecious Products
1989 · Himself, Director
movie500 Millibars to Ecstasy
1989 · Himself, Director
moviePoint 'n Shoot
1989 · Himself, Director
movieWeather Diary 5
1989 · Writer, Director
movieLove Me True
1989 · Director
The Web of Doctor Satan
1989 · Director
Vile Cargo
1989 · Director
movieLa Verbotene Voyage
1989 · Director
Return to the House of Pain
1988 · Self, Director
movieWeather Diary 3
1988 · , Director
movieXmas 1987 New Years
1988 · Himself, Director
L.A. Screening Workshop
1988 · , Director, Cinematography, Editor
Mecca of the Frigid
1988 · , Director
movieWe, the Normal
1988 · Director
movieWeather Diary 4
1988 · Director
movieSummer of No Return
1988 · Director
movieEvangelust
1988 · Director
movieLow Light Life
1988 · Director
Terror by Twilight
1988 · Director
movieRainy Season
1987 · , Director
movieThe Creeping Crimson
1987 · , Director
East by Southwest
1987 · , Director
movieVideo Album 5: The Thursday People
1987 · , Director
movieCult of the Cubicles
1987 · Himself, Director
movieWeather Diary 2
1987 · Director
Insanitorium
1987 · Director
movie1980 Seven
1987 · Director, Editor
The Muffled Darkness
1987 · Director
The Desert Within
1987 · Director
movieXmas 1986
1986 · Himself, Director
movieHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieWeather Diary 1
1986 · Himself, Director
movieGreetings from Boulder
1986 · Director
movieVideo Album 3
1986 · Director, Editor
movieThe Last Hello
1986 · Director, Editor
Video Album 2
1986 · Director
Jane and Mike Visit
1986 · Director
Christmas 85
1985 · Self, Director
movieSparkle's Tavern
1985 · Mr. Pupik
movieMotel Capri
1985 · Director
movieAscension of the Demonoids
1985 · Director
Video Album 1
1985 · Director
movieScreamplay
1984 · Martin
The X-People
1984 · Director
movieClub Vatican
1984 · Director
movieGeorge Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
1983 · Himself
movieMom
1983 · Director
movieCattle Mutilation
1983 · Director
movieYolanda
1981 · Director
The Woman And The Dress
1980 · Director
movieTaboo: The Single and the LP
1980
movieThe Nocturnal Immaculation
1980 · Director
The Power of the Press
1979 · Director
Blips
1979 · Director
Prescrition in Blue
1978 · Director
movieThe Mongreloid
1978 · Himself, Director, Writer
movieForever and Always
1978 · Director
movieSymphony for a Sinner
1978 · Director, Screenplay
One Night a Week
1978 · Director
movieI, an Actress
1977 · Director
Wild Night in El Reno
1977 · , Director
George and Mike Kuchar
1977 · Self
movieThe Asphalt Ribbon
1977 · Director
movieThe Shadow Glass
1976
George
1976
movieA Reason to Live
1976 · Director
movieBack to Nature
1976 · Director, Writer
movieThe Apparition
1976 · Set Designer
movieThundercrack!
1975 · Bing / Medusa, Screenplay
movieThe Devil's Cleavage
1975 · Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Director, Cinematography
movieAndy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
1975
The Desperate and The Deep
1975 · Director
movieA Night with Gilda Peck
1974
movieNudes: A Sketchbook
1974
movieTrue Blue and Dreamy
1974
movieBeaver Fever
1974 · Hunk
movieBoggy Depot
1973 · Damon
movieWieners and Buns Musical
1972 · Forrest
movieConfessions
1972
moviePeed Into the Wind
1972
movieThe Sunshine Sisters
1972 · Director
moviePortrait of Ramona
1971 · , Director
movieMeow Meow
1970
Pagan Rhapsody
1970 · Director
movieChronicles
1969
movieUnstrap Me
1968 · Director
movieUnderground New York
1968 · Self
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
1968 · , Director
movieKnocturne
1968 · Director
The Mammal Palace
1968 · Director
House of the White People
1968 · Director
movieColor Me Shameless
1967 · Director
movieThe Craven Sluck
1967 · Morton
The Unclean
1967 · Himself
The Lady From Sands Point
1967 · Director
Eclipse of the Sun Virgin
1967 · Director
movieMosholu Holiday
1967 · Director
movieBill's Hat
1967
movieGalaxie
1966 · Self
movieThe Secret of Wendel Samson
1966
movieHold Me While I'm Naked
1966 · , Director, Writer
Color Me Lurid
1966 · Director
movieRiver Windows
1966
movieLeisure
1966 · Director
movieCorruption of the Damned
1965 · Director
movieSins of the Fleshapoids
1965 · Prince Gianbeno
Anita Needs Me
1964 · , Director
movieBorn of the Wind
1964
Lust for Ecstasy
1964 · Father Nelson, Director
Lovers of Eternity
1964 · Director
Tootsies in Autumn
1963 · , Director
movieA Town Called Tempest
1963 · Director
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
1963 · Director
Confessions of Babette
1963
Night of the Bomb
1962 · , Director
A Woman Distressed
1962 · Director
Sylvia’s Promise
1962 · Director
movieA Reel of Home Movies
1961 · Director
I Was a Teenage Rumpot
1960 · Director
The Thief and the Stripper
1959 · Director
The Slasher
1958 · , Director
The Naked and the Nude
1957 · Director
movieA Tub Named Desire
1956 · Director
Web of Fire
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movieTropical Vulture
— · Dean, Director
movieCalling Dr. Petrov
— · , Director
movieSaga of Magda
— · Director
Holiday Harbor
— · Director