George Kuchar
Born: 1942-08-31 in New York, New York
Died: 2011-09-06
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2024
- Kuchar-esque ... (Writer)
2018
- That Woman as Barbara Walters
2017
- Oh Hi Anne as Himself
2013
2011
- Bloodrape as Grandpa
- Empire of Evil ... (Director)
- HotSpell ... (Director)
- The Butchered Beefcake
2010
- Zealots of the Zinc Zone ... (Director)
- Lingo of the Lost ... (Director)
- The Nutrient Express
- Nibbles ... (Director)
- Webtide as Himself
- Eat My Makeup!
- Calorie Cottage
- Tummy Ache Times
- Room 666 ... (Director)
- Jewel of Jeopardy ... (Director)
- Delectable Destinations
- Vintage Visits
2009
- It Came from Kuchar as Self
- Maggots and Men
- Vault of Vapors
- The Unmentionables
- Acid Redux ... (Director)
- Libido Lagoon ... (Director)
- The Hairy Horror as Himself
- Mellow Magic ... (Director)
- Celebrity Casino ... (Director)
- Solstice ... (Director)
- Why Are You Weird? as Professor
- Jamboree Journey ... (Director)
- Zombies of Zanzibar ... (Director)
- Burrito Bay ... (Director)
- Art Space ... (Director)
2008
- 3 Stories About Evil
- Portrait of Genie as Himself
- FlashBulb Alley ... (Director)
- Coven of the Heathenites as Self
- Seaside Show ... (Director)
- The Crypt of Frankenstein ... (Director)
- Spectral Delivery ... (Director)
- Eye on the Sky ... (Director)
- January Jubilee ... (Director)
- Orphans of the Cosmos ... (Director)
- Atrium of the Omni-Orb ... (Director)
- X MASS ... (Director)
- Pictographic Piles ... (Director)
2007
- 365 Day Project as Self
- Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis as Self
- Water Sports as Himself
- The Ghost of Dr Foo ... (Director)
- Frigid Escapades ... (Director)
2006
- Hitchcocked! as Self
- Tomorrow Always Comes
- Meet The Kuchar Brothers
- I, of the Cyclops ... (Director)
- Garden of Goodies ... (Director)
- Holiday Hang Ups ... (Director)
- Faulty Fathoms ... (Director)
2005
- Dynasty of Depravity ... (Director)
- Song of the Whoopee Wind as Himself
- George Kuchar: An Interview as George Kuchar
- The Fury of Frau Frankenstein ... (Director)
2004
- Kaponga Island ... (Director)
- Temple of Torment ... (Director)
- Supercell as Himself
- Electrocute Your Stars
- A Fatal Desire ... (Director)
- Lumps of Joy
2003
- Visitation Rites
- The Passion Pot ... (Director)
- Burnout as Himself
- Butter Balls ... (Director)
- Kiss of Frankenstein ... (Director)
2002
- The Kingdom By The Sea as Himself
- The Gates of Gomorrah as Self
2001
- Honey Bunnies on Ice ... (Director)
- Arizona Byways as Self
2000
- Divine Trash as Self
- Metropolitan Monologues as Himself
- Planet of the Vamps ... (Director)
- Aquatica ... (Director)
- Cyclone Alley Ceramics ... (Director)
1999
- Secrets of the Shadow World as Himself
- All Smiles and Sadness as Monologue Narrator
- Chigger Country
1998
- Bongwater as Homeless Man
- Every Dog Has Its Day ... (Thanks)
- Brakhage as Self (archive footage)
- Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore as Banquet speaker
- Domain of the Pixel Pixies as Himself
- Phantom of the Pine Barrens ... (Director)
1997
- Law of Desire
- Oasis of the Pharaohs ... (Director)
- The Inmate as Himself
1996
- Sunset After Dark as George Kilman
- Vermin of the Vortex as Self
- Season of Sorrow as Himself
- Uncle Evil as Himself
1995
- Society Slut ... (Director)
- Grotto of the Gorgons ... (Director)
- The Unclean ... (Director)
1994
- Holidaze, 1994 ... (Screenplay)
- Dingleberry Jingles as Self
- The Cage of Nicholas ... (Director)
- Tales of the Twilight Typist ... (Director)
- Urchins of Ungawa
- The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops ... (Director)
- Nirvana of the Nebbishites ... (Director)
- Cellar Sinema
- Route 666 ... (Writer)
1993
- I Was a Teenage Serial Killer ... (Other)
- Andy's House of Gary ... (Director)
- Dial A Kvetch ... (Director)
- Glacier Park Video Views ... (Director)
- Ann Arbor
- ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE ... (Director)
- Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
- Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical ... (Director)
1992
- Sherman Acres as Ira
- Pilgrimage ... (Director)
- Award as Himself
- Going Nowhere as Himself
- George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
- Impaction of the Igneous ... (Director)
1991
- Gastronomic Getaway
- Scarlet Droppings as Himself
- The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991 ... (Director)
- Indian Summer
- Weather Watch
- Dialogue of the Devil Dolls ... (Director)
- Foto Spread as Self
- The Fall of the House of Yasmin ... (Director)
1990
- Edibile Atrocities ... (Director)
- Swamp as Uncle George
- Rocky Interlude as Himself
- The Warming of the Hell House as Self
- Kiss of the Veggie Vixen as Self
- A Passage to Wetness
- Snap 'n Snatch as Himself
- Weather Diary 6 ... (Director)
1989
- La Verbotene Voyage ... (Director)
- Vile Cargo ... (Director)
- Weather Diary 5 ... (Director)
- Love Me True ... (Director)
- Migration of the Blubberoids
- Chili Line Stops Here as Himself
- Point 'n Shoot as Himself
- Precious Products as Himself
- Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
- Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
- 500 Millibars to Ecstasy as Himself
- The Web of Doctor Satan ... (Director)
1988
- Xmas 1987 New Years as Himself
- We, the Normal ... (Director)
- Weather Diary 4 ... (Director)
- Low Light Life ... (Director)
- Return to the House of Pain as Self
- L.A. Screening Workshop
- Evangelust ... (Director)
- Mecca of the Frigid
- Summer of No Return ... (Director)
- Weather Diary 3
- Terror by Twilight ... (Director)
1987
- Cult of the Cubicles as Himself
- Video Album 5: The Thursday People
- Rainy Season
- The Muffled Darkness ... (Director)
- Weather Diary 2 ... (Director)
- The Creeping Crimson
- 1980 Seven ... (Director)
- East by Southwest
- Insanitorium ... (Director)
- The Desert Within ... (Director)
1986
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life as Self (archive footage)
- Xmas 1986 as Himself
- The Last Hello ... (Editor)
- Jane and Mike Visit ... (Director)
- Greetings from Boulder ... (Director)
- Weather Diary 1 as Himself
- Video Album 3 ... (Editor)
- Video Album 2 ... (Director)
1985
- Sparkle's Tavern as Mr. Pupik
- Ascension of the Demonoids ... (Director)
- Christmas 85 as Self
- Motel Capri ... (Director)
- Video Album 1 ... (Director)
1984
- Club Vatican ... (Director)
- Screamplay as Martin
- The X-People ... (Director)
1983
- George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground as Himself
- Cattle Mutilation ... (Director)
- Mom ... (Director)
1981
- Yolanda ... (Director)
1980
- Taboo: The Single and the LP
- The Nocturnal Immaculation ... (Director)
- The Woman And The Dress ... (Director)
1979
- Blips ... (Director)
- The Power of the Press ... (Director)
1978
- The Mongreloid as Himself
- Symphony for a Sinner ... (Director)
- Forever and Always ... (Director)
- Prescrition in Blue ... (Director)
- One Night a Week ... (Director)
1977
- Wild Night in El Reno
- George and Mike Kuchar as Self
- I, an Actress as Director
- The Asphalt Ribbon ... (Director)
1976
- A Reason to Live ... (Director)
- The Shadow Glass
- The Apparition ... (Set Designer)
- George
- Back to Nature ... (Director)
1975
- Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
- The Devil's Cleavage ... (Screenplay)
- The Desperate and The Deep ... (Director)
- Thundercrack! as Bing / Medusa
1973
- Boggy Depot as Damon
1972
- Peed Into the Wind
- The Sunshine Sisters ... (Director)
- Confessions
- Wieners and Buns Musical as Forrest
1971
1970
- Pagan Rhapsody ... (Director)
- Meow Meow
1969
1968
- Underground New York as Self
- The Mammal Palace ... (Director)
- Encyclopedia of the Blessed
- Knocturne ... (Director)
- House of the White People ... (Director)
- Unstrap Me ... (Director)
1967
- The Craven Sluck as Morton
- Mosholu Holiday ... (Director)
- Bill's Hat
- Eclipse of the Sun Virgin ... (Director)
- Color Me Shameless ... (Director)
- The Lady From Sands Point ... (Director)
- The Unclean as Himself
1966
- The Secret of Wendel Samson
- River Windows
- Galaxie as Self
- Hold Me While I'm Naked
- Color Me Lurid ... (Director)
- Leisure ... (Director)
1965
- Sins of the Fleshapoids as Prince Gianbeno
- Corruption of the Damned ... (Director)
1964
- Lust for Ecstasy as Father Nelson
- Born of the Wind
- Anita Needs Me
- Lovers of Eternity ... (Director)
1963
- Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof ... (Director)
- Tootsies in Autumn
- Confessions of Babette
- A Town Called Tempest ... (Director)
1962
- Night of the Bomb
- Sylvia’s Promise ... (Director)
- A Woman Distressed ... (Director)
1961
- A Reel of Home Movies ... (Director)
1960
- I Was a Teenage Rumpot ... (Director)
1959
- The Thief and the Stripper ... (Director)
1958
1957
- The Naked and the Nude ... (Director)
1956
- A Tub Named Desire ... (Director)