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