Directing
George Kuchar
Biography
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, and primitive special effects all combined to make tiny gems unlike anything seen before or since. The Kuchars are cited as major influences by such filmmakers as John Waters, Todd Solondz, and David Lynch.
Movies with George Kuchar
365 Day Project
2007
Cinemaville
2007
Screamplay
1984
Divine Trash
2000
Bongwater
1998
It Came from Kuchar
2009
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
Hitchcocked!
2006
Taboo: The Single and the LP
1980
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
Sunset After Dark
1996
Ann Arbor
1993
Maggots and Men
2009
3 Stories About Evil
2008
Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore
1998
Galaxie
1966
Underground New York
1968
The Hairy Horror
2009
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
2013
I, an Actress
1977
Wild Night in El Reno
1977
Sparkle's Tavern
1985
The Craven Sluck
1967
Law of Desire
1997
Nudes: A Sketchbook
1974
Burnout
2003
Beaver Fever
1974
Hold Me While I'm Naked
1966
Oh Hi Anne
2017
The Secret of Wendel Samson
1966
Sins of the Fleshapoids
1965
Bloodrape
2011
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
1983
Born of the Wind
1964
Brakhage
1998
Confessions
1972
George and Mike Kuchar
1977
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1987
Rocky Interlude
1990
The Slasher
1958
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
Supercell
2004
Tootsies in Autumn
1963
Vermin of the Vortex
1996
Meow Meow
1970
Bill's Hat
1967
Peed Into the Wind
1972
Secrets of the Shadow World
1999
The Creeping Crimson
1987
The Mongreloid
1978
Gastronomic Getaway
1991
Lumps of Joy
2004
Going Nowhere
1992
Visitation Rites
2003
Award
1992
Foto Spread
1991
Wieners and Buns Musical
1972
Arizona Byways
2001
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
1992
Tropical Vulture
The Gates of Gomorrah
2002
Chronicles
1969
George
1976
Confessions of Babette
1963
Boggy Depot
1973
Coven of the Heathenites
2008
(ir)reverence
2013
The Nutrient Express
2010
The Warming of the Hell House
1990
Tummy Ache Times
2010
Portrait of Ramona
1971
That Woman
2018
Chili Line Stops Here
1989
River Windows
1966
Webtide
2010
Weather Diary 1
1986
Christmas 85
1985
Eat My Makeup!
2010
Rainy Season
1987
A Night with Gilda Peck
1974
Urchins of Ungawa
1994
Xmas 1986
1986
The Kingdom By The Sea
2002
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
1989
Swamp
1990
The Inmate
1997
Water Sports
2007
Point 'n Shoot
1989
True Blue and Dreamy
1974
Snap 'n Snatch
1990
Uncle Evil
1996
Why Are You Weird?
2009
Night of the Bomb
1962
Indian Summer
1991
Mecca of the Frigid
1988
The Shadow Glass
1976
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989
Xmas 1987 New Years
1988
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
1998
A Passage to Wetness
1990
Metropolitan Monologues
2000
Weather Watch
1991
Dingleberry Jingles
1994
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
1968
Web of Fire
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989
Cult of the Cubicles
1987
The Unclean
1967
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
1990
Chigger Country
1999
Electrocute Your Stars
2004
Anita Needs Me
1964
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
1993
The Unmentionables
2009
Sherman Acres
1992
Lust for Ecstasy
1964
Tomorrow Always Comes
2006
L.A. Screening Workshop
1988
The Butchered Beefcake
2011
Weather Diary 3
1988
East by Southwest
1987
Song of the Whoopee Wind
2005
Precious Products
1989
Vault of Vapors
2009
Migration of the Blubberoids
1989
All Smiles and Sadness
1999
Scarlet Droppings
1991
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
1975
Return to the House of Pain
1988
Calling Dr. Petrov
George Kuchar: An Interview
2005
Vintage Visits
2010
Season of Sorrow
1996
Delectable Destinations
2010
Calorie Cottage
2010
Cellar Sinema
1994
Portrait of Genie
2008
Thundercrack!
1975