
George Kuchar
Directing
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.

That Woman
Barbara Walters

Oh Hi Anne
Himself
(ir)reverence

Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Self

Bloodrape
Grandpa

The Butchered Beefcake

Eat My Makeup!

Webtide
Himself

Delectable Destinations

Calorie Cottage

Tummy Ache Times

The Nutrient Express

Vintage Visits

It Came from Kuchar
Self

Maggots and Men

Why Are You Weird?
Professor

The Unmentionables

The Hairy Horror
Himself

Vault of Vapors

3 Stories About Evil

Coven of the Heathenites
Self

Portrait of Genie
Himself

365 Day Project
Self

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Self

Water Sports
Himself

Hitchcocked!
Self
Tomorrow Always Comes

Meet The Kuchar Brothers

Song of the Whoopee Wind
Himself

George Kuchar: An Interview
George Kuchar

Lumps of Joy

Supercell
Himself

Electrocute Your Stars

Burnout
Himself
Visitation Rites

The Gates of Gomorrah
Self

The Kingdom By The Sea
Himself

Arizona Byways
Self

Divine Trash
Self

Metropolitan Monologues
Himself

Secrets of the Shadow World
Himself

Chigger Country
All Smiles and Sadness
Monologue Narrator

Brakhage
Self (archive footage)

Bongwater
Homeless Man

Domain of the Pixel Pixies
Himself

Law of Desire

The Inmate
Himself

Vermin of the Vortex
Self

Season of Sorrow
Himself

Uncle Evil
Himself
Sunset After Dark
George Kilman

Dingleberry Jingles
Self

Urchins of Ungawa

Cellar Sinema
Ann Arbor
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth

Going Nowhere
Himself

Award
Himself

Sherman Acres
Ira

Scarlet Droppings
Himself

Weather Watch
Indian Summer

Gastronomic Getaway

Foto Spread
Self

Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
Self

Snap 'n Snatch
Himself

Rocky Interlude
Himself

A Passage to Wetness

Swamp
Uncle George

The Warming of the Hell House
Self

Point 'n Shoot
Himself

500 Millibars to Ecstasy
Himself

Precious Products
Himself

Chili Line Stops Here
Himself

Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

Migration of the Blubberoids

Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
Mecca of the Frigid
L.A. Screening Workshop

Xmas 1987 New Years
Himself

Weather Diary 3
Return to the House of Pain
Self

Rainy Season

The Creeping Crimson

Cult of the Cubicles
Himself

Video Album 5: The Thursday People
East by Southwest

Xmas 1986
Himself

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)

Weather Diary 1
Himself
Christmas 85
Self

Sparkle's Tavern
Mr. Pupik

Screamplay
Martin

George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
Himself

Taboo: The Single and the LP

The Mongreloid
Himself

I, an Actress
Director
Wild Night in El Reno
George and Mike Kuchar
Self
George

The Shadow Glass

Thundercrack!
Bing / Medusa

Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony

Beaver Fever
Hunk

True Blue and Dreamy

Nudes: A Sketchbook

A Night with Gilda Peck

Boggy Depot
Damon

Wieners and Buns Musical
Forrest

Confessions

Peed Into the Wind

Portrait of Ramona

Meow Meow

Chronicles
Encyclopedia of the Blessed

Underground New York
Self

The Craven Sluck
Morton
The Unclean
Himself

Bill's Hat

Galaxie
Self
The Secret of Wendel Samson

Hold Me While I'm Naked

River Windows

Sins of the Fleshapoids
Prince Gianbeno
Anita Needs Me
Lust for Ecstasy
Father Nelson

Born of the Wind
Tootsies in Autumn
Confessions of Babette
Night of the Bomb
The Slasher







