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
- Eat My Makeup!
- Jewel of Jeopardy ... (Director)
- Webtide as Himself
- Calorie Cottage
- The Nutrient Express
- Vintage Visits
- Nibbles ... (Director)
- Room 666 ... (Director)
- Delectable Destinations
- Tummy Ache Times
- Zealots of the Zinc Zone ... (Director)
- Lingo of the Lost ... (Director)
2009
- It Came from Kuchar as Self
- Maggots and Men
- The Hairy Horror as Himself
- Libido Lagoon ... (Director)
- The Unmentionables
- Why Are You Weird? as Professor
- Mellow Magic ... (Director)
- Acid Redux ... (Director)
- Vault of Vapors
- Burrito Bay ... (Director)
- Solstice ... (Director)
- Jamboree Journey ... (Director)
- Celebrity Casino ... (Director)
- Zombies of Zanzibar ... (Director)
- Art Space ... (Director)
2008
- 3 Stories About Evil
- Coven of the Heathenites as Self
- Portrait of Genie as Himself
- Orphans of the Cosmos ... (Director)
- Eye on the Sky ... (Director)
- Atrium of the Omni-Orb ... (Director)
- X MASS ... (Director)
- Seaside Show ... (Director)
- The Crypt of Frankenstein ... (Director)
- Pictographic Piles ... (Director)
- January Jubilee ... (Director)
- Spectral Delivery ... (Director)
- FlashBulb Alley ... (Director)
2007
- Cinemaville as Self
- 365 Day Project as Self
- Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis as Self
- Water Sports as Himself
- Frigid Escapades ... (Director)
- The Ghost of Dr Foo ... (Director)
2006
- Hitchcocked! as Self
- I, of the Cyclops ... (Director)
- Meet The Kuchar Brothers
- Holiday Hang Ups ... (Director)
- Garden of Goodies ... (Director)
- Tomorrow Always Comes
- Faulty Fathoms ... (Director)
2005
- Dynasty of Depravity ... (Director)
- Song of the Whoopee Wind as Himself
- The Fury of Frau Frankenstein ... (Director)
- George Kuchar: An Interview as George Kuchar
2004
- A Fatal Desire ... (Director)
- Supercell as Himself
- Lumps of Joy
- Temple of Torment ... (Director)
- Electrocute Your Stars
- Kaponga Island ... (Director)
2003
- Burnout as Himself
- Kiss of Frankenstein ... (Director)
- Visitation Rites
- Butter Balls ... (Director)
- The Passion Pot ... (Director)
2002
- The Gates of Gomorrah as Self
- The Kingdom By The Sea as Himself
2001
- Arizona Byways as Self
- Honey Bunnies on Ice ... (Director)
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
- Chigger Country
- All Smiles and Sadness as Monologue Narrator
1998
- Bongwater as Homeless Man
- Every Dog Has Its Day ... (Thanks)
- 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
- Vermin of the Vortex as Self
- Uncle Evil as Himself
- Season of Sorrow as Himself
1995
- Grotto of the Gorgons ... (Director)
- Society Slut ... (Director)
- The Unclean ... (Director)
1994
- Urchins of Ungawa
- The Cage of Nicholas ... (Director)
- Dingleberry Jingles as Self
- Holidaze, 1994 ... (Camera Operator)
- Cellar Sinema
- The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops ... (Director)
- Nirvana of the Nebbishites ... (Director)
- Tales of the Twilight Typist ... (Director)
- Route 666 ... (Director)
1993
- I Was a Teenage Serial Killer ... (Other)
- Ann Arbor
- Andy's House of Gary ... (Director)
- Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
- Dial A Kvetch ... (Director)
- ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE ... (Director)
- Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical ... (Director)
- Glacier Park Video Views ... (Director)
1992
- Impaction of the Igneous ... (Director)
- Sherman Acres as Ira
- Award as Himself
- Pilgrimage ... (Director)
- George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
- Going Nowhere as Himself
1991
- Gastronomic Getaway
- Foto Spread as Self
- The Fall of the House of Yasmin ... (Director)
- Dialogue of the Devil Dolls ... (Director)
- Indian Summer
- The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991 ... (Director)
- Scarlet Droppings as Himself
- Weather Watch
1990
- A Passage to Wetness
- Swamp as Uncle George
- Edibile Atrocities ... (Director)
- Kiss of the Veggie Vixen as Self
- Weather Diary 6 ... (Director)
- Snap 'n Snatch as Himself
- The Warming of the Hell House as Self
- Rocky Interlude as Himself
1989
- Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
- Weather Diary 5 ... (Writer)
- Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
- Migration of the Blubberoids
- Precious Products as Himself
- La Verbotene Voyage ... (Director)
- Vile Cargo ... (Director)
- Chili Line Stops Here as Himself
- Love Me True ... (Director)
- 500 Millibars to Ecstasy as Himself
- Point 'n Shoot as Himself
- The Web of Doctor Satan ... (Director)
1988
- Mecca of the Frigid
- L.A. Screening Workshop
- Return to the House of Pain as Self
- We, the Normal ... (Director)
- Weather Diary 4 ... (Director)
- Evangelust ... (Director)
- Low Light Life ... (Director)
- Weather Diary 3
- Xmas 1987 New Years as Himself
- Summer of No Return ... (Director)
- Terror by Twilight ... (Director)
1987
- The Creeping Crimson
- Video Album 5: The Thursday People
- Rainy Season
- Weather Diary 2 ... (Director)
- Cult of the Cubicles as Himself
- East by Southwest
- Insanitorium ... (Director)
- The Muffled Darkness ... (Director)
- 1980 Seven ... (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
- Video Album 3 ... (Director)
- The Last Hello ... (Director)
- Video Album 2 ... (Director)
- Jane and Mike Visit ... (Director)
- Greetings from Boulder ... (Director)
- Weather Diary 1 as Himself
1985
- Sparkle's Tavern as Mr. Pupik
- Motel Capri ... (Director)
- Ascension of the Demonoids ... (Director)
- Christmas 85 as Self
- Video Album 1 ... (Director)
1984
- Screamplay as Martin
- Club Vatican ... (Director)
- The X-People ... (Director)
1983
- Cattle Mutilation ... (Director)
- Mom ... (Director)
- George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground as Himself
1981
- Yolanda ... (Director)
1980
- Aqueerius ... (Director)
- Taboo: The Single and the LP
- The Nocturnal Immaculation ... (Director)
- The Woman And The Dress ... (Director)
1979
- The Power of the Press ... (Director)
- Blips ... (Director)
1978
- Symphony for a Sinner ... (Director)
- Prescrition in Blue ... (Director)
- Forever and Always ... (Director)
- One Night a Week ... (Director)
- The Mongreloid as Himself
1977
- George and Mike Kuchar as Self
- The Asphalt Ribbon ... (Director)
- I, an Actress as Director
- Wild Night in El Reno
1976
- A Reason to Live ... (Director)
- The Shadow Glass
- Back to Nature ... (Director)
- George
- The Apparition ... (Set Designer)
1975
- The Devil's Cleavage ... (Producer)
- Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
- The Desperate and The Deep ... (Director)
- Thundercrack! as Bing / Medusa
1973
- Boggy Depot as Damon
1972
- Confessions
- Peed Into the Wind
- Wieners and Buns Musical as Forrest
- The Sunshine Sisters ... (Director)
1971
1970
- Meow Meow
- Pagan Rhapsody ... (Director)
1969
1968
- The Mammal Palace ... (Director)
- Underground New York as Self
- Knocturne ... (Director)
- Encyclopedia of the Blessed
- Unstrap Me ... (Director)
- House of the White People ... (Director)
1967
- The Craven Sluck as Morton
- Bill's Hat
- The Unclean as Himself
- Mosholu Holiday ... (Director)
- Color Me Shameless ... (Director)
- Eclipse of the Sun Virgin ... (Director)
- The Lady From Sands Point ... (Director)
1966
- Hold Me While I'm Naked
- Galaxie as Self
- The Secret of Wendel Samson
- Leisure ... (Director)
- River Windows
- Color Me Lurid ... (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
- Lovers of Eternity ... (Director)
- Anita Needs Me
1963
- Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof ... (Director)
- Confessions of Babette
- Tootsies in Autumn
- 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)