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