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)
- Nibbles ... (Director)
- Eat My Makeup!
- Vintage Visits
- Calorie Cottage
- Jewel of Jeopardy ... (Director)
- Room 666 ... (Director)
- Tummy Ache Times
- Delectable Destinations
- The Nutrient Express
- Webtide as Himself
2009
- It Came from Kuchar as Self
- Maggots and Men
- The Hairy Horror as Himself
- Why Are You Weird? as Professor
- The Unmentionables
- Acid Redux ... (Director)
- Art Space ... (Director)
- Celebrity Casino ... (Director)
- Burrito Bay ... (Director)
- Jamboree Journey ... (Director)
- Zombies of Zanzibar ... (Director)
- Mellow Magic ... (Director)
- Solstice ... (Director)
- Vault of Vapors
- Libido Lagoon ... (Director)
2008
- 3 Stories About Evil
- Coven of the Heathenites as Self
- Eye on the Sky ... (Director)
- Orphans of the Cosmos ... (Director)
- The Crypt of Frankenstein ... (Director)
- Atrium of the Omni-Orb ... (Director)
- Portrait of Genie as Himself
- X MASS ... (Director)
- January Jubilee ... (Director)
- Spectral Delivery ... (Director)
- FlashBulb Alley ... (Director)
- Pictographic Piles ... (Director)
- Seaside Show ... (Director)
2007
- 365 Day Project as Self
- Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis as Self
- Cinemaville as Self
- Bump and Grind
- The Ghost of Dr Foo ... (Director)
- Water Sports as Himself
- Frigid Escapades ... (Director)
2006
- Meet The Kuchar Brothers
- Hitchcocked! as Self
- I, of the Cyclops ... (Director)
- Tomorrow Always Comes
- Kuchar Directs Queen Conga as self
- Queen Conga ... (Director)
- Faulty Fathoms ... (Director)
- Holiday Hang Ups ... (Director)
- Garden of Goodies ... (Director)
2005
- Dynasty of Depravity ... (Director)
- The Fury of Frau Frankenstein ... (Director)
- Song of the Whoopee Wind as Himself
- George Kuchar: An Interview as George Kuchar
2004
- A Fatal Desire ... (Director)
- Lumps of Joy
- Electrocute Your Stars
- Kaponga Island ... (Director)
- Temple of Torment ... (Director)
- Supercell as Himself
2003
- Burnout as Himself
- Kiss of Frankenstein ... (Director)
- Butter Balls ... (Director)
- Visitation Rites
- The Passion Pot ... (Director)
2002
- The Gates of Gomorrah as Self
- The Kingdom By The Sea as Himself
2001
- Honey Bunnies on Ice ... (Director)
- Arizona Byways as Self
2000
- Divine Trash as Self
- Planet of the Vamps ... (Director)
- Metropolitan Monologues as Himself
- Cyclone Alley Ceramics ... (Director)
- Aquatica ... (Director)
1999
- Secrets of the Shadow World as Himself
- Brainbox as Doctor Kiss
- All Smiles and Sadness as Monologue Narrator
- Chigger Country
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
- Morsel Beach ... (Director)
1996
- Sunset After Dark as George Kilman
- Season of Sorrow as Himself
- Vermin of the Vortex as Self
- Uncle Evil 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)
- Cellar Sinema
- Nirvana of the Nebbishites ... (Director)
- Tales of the Twilight Typist ... (Director)
- Urchins of Ungawa
- Route 666 ... (Director)
- Holidaze, 1994 ... (Camera Operator)
- Dingleberry Jingles as Self
1993
- I Was a Teenage Serial Killer ... (Other)
- ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE ... (Director)
- Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical ... (Director)
- Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
- Andy's House of Gary ... (Director)
- Glacier Park Video Views ... (Director)
- Dial A Kvetch ... (Director)
- Ann Arbor
1992
- George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
- Impaction of the Igneous ... (Director)
- Award as Himself
- Going Nowhere as Himself
- Pilgrimage ... (Director)
- Sherman Acres as Ira
1991
- Gastronomic Getaway
- Dialogue of the Devil Dolls ... (Director)
- The Holiday Xmas Video of 1991 ... (Director)
- The Fall of the House of Yasmin ... (Director)
- Indian Summer
- Scarlet Droppings as Himself
- Foto Spread as Self
- Weather Watch
1990
- Kiss of the Veggie Vixen as Self
- The Warming of the Hell House as Self
- A Passage to Wetness
- Swamp as Uncle George
- Snap 'n Snatch as Himself
- Weather Diary 6 ... (Director)
- Rocky Interlude as Himself
- Edibile Atrocities ... (Director)
1989
- Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
- Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
- Migration of the Blubberoids
- La Verbotene Voyage ... (Director)
- 500 Millibars to Ecstasy as Himself
- Chili Line Stops Here as Himself
- The Web of Doctor Satan ... (Director)
- Love Me True ... (Director)
- Point 'n Shoot as Himself
- Weather Diary 5 ... (Writer)
- Vile Cargo ... (Director)
- Precious Products as Himself
1988
- Mecca of the Frigid
- L.A. Screening Workshop
- Xmas 1987 New Years as Himself
- Summer of No Return ... (Director)
- Return to the House of Pain as Self
- Weather Diary 4 ... (Director)
- Low Light Life ... (Director)
- We, the Normal ... (Director)
- Evangelust ... (Director)
- Weather Diary 3
- Terror by Twilight ... (Director)
1987
- Cult of the Cubicles as Himself
- Video Album 5: The Thursday People
- The Creeping Crimson
- 1980 Seven ... (Director)
- The Desert Within ... (Director)
- Rainy Season
- East by Southwest
- Weather Diary 2 ... (Director)
- Insanitorium ... (Director)
- The Muffled Darkness ... (Director)
1986
- He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life as Self (archive footage)
- Weather Diary 1 as Himself
- Jane and Mike Visit ... (Director)
- The Last Hello ... (Director)
- Xmas 1986 as Himself
- Video Album 2 ... (Director)
- Greetings from Boulder ... (Director)
- Video Album 3 ... (Director)
1985
- Ascension of the Demonoids ... (Director)
- Sparkle's Tavern as Mr. Pupik
- Motel Capri ... (Director)
- Video Album 1 ... (Director)
- Christmas 85 as Self
1984
- Screamplay as Martin
- Club Vatican ... (Director)
- The X-People ... (Director)
1983
- Cattle Mutilation ... (Director)
- George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground as Himself
- Mom ... (Director)
1981
- Yolanda ... (Director)
1980
- Aqueerius ... (Director)
- 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
- Symphony for a Sinner ... (Director)
- The Mongreloid as Himself
- Forever and Always ... (Director)
- One Night a Week ... (Director)
- Prescrition in Blue ... (Director)
1977
- George and Mike Kuchar as Self
- Wild Night in El Reno
- I, an Actress as Director
- The Asphalt Ribbon ... (Director)
1976
- A Reason to Live ... (Director)
- George
- Back to Nature ... (Director)
- The Shadow Glass
- 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
- Peed Into the Wind
- Wieners and Buns Musical as Forrest
- Confessions
- The Sunshine Sisters ... (Director)
1971
1970
- Meow Meow
- Pagan Rhapsody ... (Director)
1969
1968
- The Mammal Palace ... (Director)
- Underground New York as Self
- House of the White People ... (Director)
- Encyclopedia of the Blessed
- Knocturne ... (Director)
- Unstrap Me ... (Director)
1967
- Bill's Hat
- Color Me Shameless ... (Director)
- The Craven Sluck as Morton
- Eclipse of the Sun Virgin ... (Director)
- The Lady From Sands Point ... (Director)
- The Unclean as Himself
- Mosholu Holiday ... (Director)
1966
- Hold Me While I'm Naked
- The Secret of Wendel Samson
- Galaxie as Self
- River Windows
- Leisure ... (Director)
- Color Me Lurid ... (Director)
1965
- Sins of the Fleshapoids as Prince Gianbeno
- Corruption of the Damned ... (Director)
1964
- Born of the Wind
- Lust for Ecstasy as Father Nelson
- 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)