George Kuchar
Directing • Born 1942-08-31 – Died 2011-09-06
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
135 credits
Web of Fire
Movie
Arizona Byways
Movie • 2001
Self
The Warming of the Hell House
Movie • 1990
Self
Foto Spread
Movie • 1991
Self
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
Movie • 1990
Self
Christmas 85
Movie • 1985
Self
All Smiles and Sadness
Movie • 1999
Monologue Narrator
The Shadow Glass
Movie • 1976
River Windows
Movie • 1966
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
Movie • 1975
George and Mike Kuchar
Movie • 1977
Self
A Night with Gilda Peck
Movie • 1974
The Craven Sluck
Movie • 1967
Morton
Sins of the Fleshapoids
Movie • 1965
Prince Gianbeno
Brakhage
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
I, an Actress
Movie • 1977
Director
(ir)reverence
Movie • 2013
Wild Night in El Reno
Movie • 1977
Sherman Acres
Movie • 1992
Ira
Taboo: The Single and the LP
Movie • 1980
Nudes: A Sketchbook
Movie • 1974
Anita Needs Me
Movie • 1964
George Kuchar: An Interview
Movie • 2005
George Kuchar
Return to the House of Pain
Movie • 1988
Self
Weather Diary 1
Movie • 1986
Himself
Galaxie
Movie • 1966
Self
Born of the Wind
Movie • 1964
Vault of Vapors
Movie • 2009
The Butchered Beefcake
Movie • 2011
Vintage Visits
Movie • 2010
Tummy Ache Times
Movie • 2010
The Nutrient Express
Movie • 2010
Delectable Destinations
Movie • 2010
Calorie Cottage
Movie • 2010
Hitchcocked!
Movie • 2006
Self
Underground New York
Movie • 1968
Self
The Unclean
Movie • 1967
Himself
Weather Diary 3
Movie • 1988
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Movie • 2013
Self
The Mongreloid
Movie • 1978
Himself
George
Movie • 1976
Confessions
Movie • 1972
Boggy Depot
Movie • 1973
Damon
Sparkle's Tavern
Movie • 1985
Mr. Pupik
East by Southwest
Movie • 1987
Peed Into the Wind
Movie • 1972
True Blue and Dreamy
Movie • 1974
Eat My Makeup!
Movie • 2010
Sunset After Dark
Movie • 1996
George Kilman
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
Movie • 1987
Beaver Fever
Movie • 1974
Hunk
Wieners and Buns Musical
Movie • 1972
Forrest
Electrocute Your Stars
Movie • 2004
365 Day Project
Movie • 2007
Self
Lust for Ecstasy
Movie • 1964
Father Nelson
Confessions of Babette
Movie • 1963
The Slasher
Movie • 1958
Night of the Bomb
Movie • 1962
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
Movie • 1983
Himself
Hold Me While I'm Naked
Movie • 1966
Divine Trash
Movie • 2000
Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Movie • 1986
Self (archive footage)
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Movie • 2007
Self
Swamp
Movie • 1990
Uncle George
It Came from Kuchar
Movie • 2009
Self
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Movie • 2006
Gastronomic Getaway
Movie • 1991
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
Movie • 1989
Migration of the Blubberoids
Movie • 1989
Cellar Sinema
Movie • 1994
A Passage to Wetness
Movie • 1990
Indian Summer
Movie • 1991
Rainy Season
Movie • 1987
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
Movie • 1989
Tootsies in Autumn
Movie • 1963
The Secret of Wendel Samson
Movie • 1966
Urchins of Ungawa
Movie • 1994
Portrait of Ramona
Movie • 1971
The Creeping Crimson
Movie • 1987
Chigger Country
Movie • 1999
Visitation Rites
Movie • 2003
3 Stories About Evil
Movie • 2008
Chili Line Stops Here
Movie • 1989
Himself
Precious Products
Movie • 1989
Himself
Oh Hi Anne
Movie • 2017
Himself
Weather Watch
Movie • 1991
That Woman
Movie • 2018
Barbara Walters
Bill's Hat
Movie • 1967
Chronicles
Movie • 1969
Portrait of Genie
Movie • 2008
Himself
Secrets of the Shadow World
Movie • 1999
Himself
Webtide
Movie • 2010
Himself
Water Sports
Movie • 2007
Himself
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
Movie • 1968
Cult of the Cubicles
Movie • 1987
Himself
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
Movie • 1989
Himself
Burnout
Movie • 2003
Himself
The Kingdom By The Sea
Movie • 2002
Himself
Scarlet Droppings
Movie • 1991
Himself
Rocky Interlude
Movie • 1990
Himself
Point 'n Shoot
Movie • 1989
Himself
Award
Movie • 1992
Himself
Snap 'n Snatch
Movie • 1990
Himself
Uncle Evil
Movie • 1996
Himself
Supercell
Movie • 2004
Himself
Song of the Whoopee Wind
Movie • 2005
Himself
The Inmate
Movie • 1997
Himself
Metropolitan Monologues
Movie • 2000
Himself
The Hairy Horror
Movie • 2009
Himself
Screamplay
Movie • 1984
Martin
Thundercrack!
Movie • 1975
Bing / Medusa
Coven of the Heathenites
Movie • 2008
Self
Law of Desire
Movie • 1997
Going Nowhere
Movie • 1992
Himself
Season of Sorrow
Movie • 1996
Himself
Xmas 1987 New Years
Movie • 1988
Himself
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
Movie • 1998
Himself
Bongwater
Movie • 1998
Homeless Man
Xmas 1986
Movie • 1986
Himself
Maggots and Men
Movie • 2009
Tropical Vulture
Movie
Dean
Dingleberry Jingles
Movie • 1994
Self
Tomorrow Always Comes
Movie • 2006
Vermin of the Vortex
Movie • 1996
Self
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
Movie • 1993
Why Are You Weird?
Movie • 2009
Professor
Bloodrape
Movie • 2011
Grandpa
L.A. Screening Workshop
Movie • 1988
The Gates of Gomorrah
Movie • 2002
Self
Mecca of the Frigid
Movie • 1988
Lumps of Joy
Movie • 2004
The Unmentionables
Movie • 2009
Meow Meow
Movie • 1970
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
Movie • 1992
Ann Arbor
Movie • 1993