George Kuchar
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.
Web of Fire
Arizona Byways
(Self)
The Warming of the Hell House
(Self)
Foto Spread
(Self)
Christmas 85
(Self)
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
(Self)
All Smiles and Sadness
(Monologue Narrator)
The Shadow Glass
River Windows
Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony
George and Mike Kuchar
(Self)
A Night with Gilda Peck
The Craven Sluck
(Morton)
Sins of the Fleshapoids
(Prince Gianbeno)
Brakhage
(Self (archive footage))
I, an Actress
(Director)
(ir)reverence
Wild Night in El Reno
Sherman Acres
(Ira)
Nudes: A Sketchbook
Taboo: The Single and the LP
Anita Needs Me
George Kuchar: An Interview
(George Kuchar)
Return to the House of Pain
(Self)
Weather Diary 1
(Himself)
Galaxie
(Self)
Born of the Wind
Vault of Vapors
The Butchered Beefcake
Vintage Visits
The Nutrient Express
Tummy Ache Times
Calorie Cottage
Delectable Destinations
Hitchcocked!
(Self)
Underground New York
(Self)
The Unclean
(Himself)
Weather Diary 3
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
(Self)
The Mongreloid
(Himself)
George
Confessions
Boggy Depot
(Damon)
Sparkle's Tavern
(Mr. Pupik)
East by Southwest
True Blue and Dreamy
Peed Into the Wind
Eat My Makeup!
Sunset After Dark
(George Kilman)
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
Wieners and Buns Musical
(Forrest)
Beaver Fever
(Hunk)
Electrocute Your Stars
365 Day Project
Confessions of Babette
Lust for Ecstasy
(Father Nelson)
The Slasher
Night of the Bomb
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
(Himself)
Hold Me While I'm Naked
Divine Trash
(Self)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
(Self (archive footage))
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
(Self)
Swamp
(Uncle George)
It Came from Kuchar
(Self)
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Gastronomic Getaway
A Passage to Wetness
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
Cellar Sinema
Indian Summer
Migration of the Blubberoids
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
Rainy Season
Tootsies in Autumn
The Secret of Wendel Samson
Portrait of Ramona
Urchins of Ungawa
The Creeping Crimson
Chigger Country
Visitation Rites
3 Stories About Evil
Chili Line Stops Here
(Himself)
Precious Products
(Himself)
Oh Hi Anne
(Himself)
Weather Watch
That Woman
(Barbara Walters)
Bill's Hat
Chronicles
Portrait of Genie
(Himself)
Secrets of the Shadow World
(Himself)
Webtide
(Himself)
Water Sports
(Himself)
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
Cult of the Cubicles
(Himself)
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
(Himself)
The Kingdom By The Sea
(Himself)
Burnout
(Himself)
Scarlet Droppings
(Himself)
Point 'n Shoot
(Himself)
Rocky Interlude
(Himself)
Snap 'n Snatch
(Himself)
Award
(Himself)
Uncle Evil
(Himself)
Supercell
(Himself)
Song of the Whoopee Wind
(Himself)
The Inmate
(Himself)
Metropolitan Monologues
(Himself)
The Hairy Horror
(Himself)
Screamplay
(Martin)
Thundercrack!
(Bing / Medusa)
Coven of the Heathenites
(Self)
Law of Desire
Going Nowhere
(Himself)
Xmas 1987 New Years
(Himself)
Season of Sorrow
(Himself)
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
(Himself)
Bongwater
(Homeless Man)
Xmas 1986
(Himself)
Maggots and Men
Tropical Vulture
(Dean)
Dingleberry Jingles
(Self)
Tomorrow Always Comes
Vermin of the Vortex
(Self)
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
Why Are You Weird?
(Professor)
Bloodrape
(Grandpa)
A WOMAN DISTRESSED
(Director)
Impaction of the Igneous
(Director)
Motel Capri
(Director)
One Night a Week
(Director)
The Power of the Press
(Director)
Thundercrack!
(Screenplay)
Hold Me While I'm Naked
(Director)
I, an Actress
(Director)
The Devil's Cleavage
(Screenplay)
The Devil's Cleavage
(Cinematography)
The Devil's Cleavage
(Producer)
The Devil's Cleavage
(Editor)
The Devil's Cleavage
(Director)
Wild Night in El Reno
(Director)
Eclipse of the Sun Virgin
(Director)
Anita Needs Me
(Director)
The Cage of Nicholas
(Director)
Pagan Rhapsody
(Director)
Cattle Mutilation
(Director)
Tales of the Twilight Typist
(Director)
Urchins of Ungawa
(Director)
Prescrition in Blue
(Director)
Yolanda
(Director)
The Mongreloid
(Director)
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
(Director)
Ascension of the Demonoids
(Director)
George Kuchar: An Interview
(Director)
Unstrap Me
(Director)
Vermin of the Vortex
(Director)
Weather Diary 1
(Director)
Society Slut
(Director)
I Was a Teenage Rumpot
(Director)
We, the Normal
(Director)
Orphans of the Cosmos
(Director)
Empire of Evil
(Director)
Lingo of the Lost
(Director)
Forever and Always
(Director)
Symphony for a Sinner
(Director)
Symphony for a Sinner
(Screenplay)
A Reason to Live
(Director)
Weather Diary 3
(Director)
Holidaze, 1994
(Screenplay)
Holidaze, 1994
(Editor)
Holidaze, 1994
(Camera Operator)
Cyclone Alley Ceramics
(Director)
Color Me Lurid
(Director)
Vault of Vapors
(Director)
The Butchered Beefcake
(Director)
Room 666
(Director)
Vintage Visits
(Director)
The Nutrient Express
(Director)
Tummy Ache Times
(Director)
Calorie Cottage
(Director)
Delectable Destinations
(Director)
Pilgrimage
(Director)
Oasis of the Pharaohs
(Director)
Nirvana of the Nebbishites
(Director)
The Fall of the House of Yasmin
(Director)
Return to the House of Pain
(Director)
The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops
(Director)
Jamboree Journey
(Director)
The Unmentionables
(Director)
Mellow Magic
(Director)
Art Space
(Director)
Burrito Bay
(Director)
Acid Redux
(Director)
Celebrity Casino
(Director)
X MASS
(Director)
The Crypt of Frankenstein
(Director)
Atrium of the Omni-Orb
(Director)
FlashBulb Alley
(Director)
Spectral Delivery
(Director)
Pictographic Piles
(Director)
Eye on the Sky
(Director)
January Jubilee
(Director)
Color Me Shameless
(Director)
I Was a Teenage Serial Killer
(Other)
Back to Nature
(Director)
Back to Nature
(Writer)
Weather Diary 5
(Director)
Weather Diary 5
(Writer)
Route 666
(Director)
Route 666
(Writer)
The Asphalt Ribbon
(Director)
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
(Director)
Weather Diary 6
(Director)
The Nocturnal Immaculation
(Director)
Every Dog Has Its Day
(Thanks)
The X-People
(Director)
Knocturne
(Director)
Arizona Byways
(Director)
The Warming of the Hell House
(Director of Photography)
Love Me True
(Director)
Sylvia’s Promise
(Director)
Corruption of the Damned
(Director)
The Naked and the Nude
(Director)
The Slasher
(Director)
The Thief and the Stripper
(Director)
Night of the Bomb
(Director)
Lovers of Eternity
(Director)
Lust for Ecstasy
(Director)
Foto Spread
(Director)
Vile Cargo
(Director)
The Web of Doctor Satan
(Director)
The Desperate and The Deep
(Director)
Saga of Magda
(Director)
Christmas 85
(Director)
Dialogue of the Devil Dolls
(Director)
La Verbotene Voyage
(Director)
Weather Diary 2
(Director)
Greetings from Boulder
(Director)
The Apparition
(Set Designer)
Kuchar-esque
(Director)
Kuchar-esque
(Writer)
Weather Diary 4
(Director)
Gastronomic Getaway
(Director)
Aquatica
(Director)
Planet of the Vamps
(Director)
A Passage to Wetness
(Director)
I, of the Cyclops
(Director)
Summer of No Return
(Director)
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
(Director)
Cellar Sinema
(Director)
Glacier Park Video Views
(Director)
Sherman Acres
(Director)
Indian Summer
(Director)
Migration of the Blubberoids
(Director)
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
(Director)
Rainy Season
(Director)
Hold Me While I'm Naked
(Writer)
Portrait of Ramona
(Director)
The Sunshine Sisters
(Director)
Chigger Country
(Director)
Visitation Rites
(Director)
Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical
(Director)
Secrets of the Shadow World
(Director)
Andy's House of Gary
(Director)
The Creeping Crimson
(Director)
East by Southwest
(Director)
Club Vatican
(Director)
Weather Watch
(Director)
Chili Line Stops Here
(Director)
Precious Products
(Director)
HotSpell
(Director)
Season of Sorrow
(Director)
Mosholu Holiday
(Director)
Xmas 1987 New Years
(Director)
Dingleberry Jingles
(Director)
Holidaze, 1994
(Director)
Webtide
(Director)
Portrait of Genie
(Director)
Water Sports
(Director)
Leisure
(Director)
House of the White People
(Director)
The Mammal Palace
(Director)
Encyclopedia of the Blessed
(Director)
Cult of the Cubicles
(Director)
The Inmate
(Director)
Scarlet Droppings
(Director)
Point 'n Shoot
(Director)
Rocky Interlude
(Director)
Snap 'n Snatch
(Director)
Award
(Director)
Uncle Evil
(Director)
Metropolitan Monologues
(Director)
The Kingdom By The Sea
(Director)
Burnout
(Director)
500 Millibars to Ecstasy
(Director)
Dynasty of Depravity
(Director)
Evangelust
(Director)
The Hairy Horror
(Director)
Butter Balls
(Director)
Supercell
(Director)
Song of the Whoopee Wind
(Director)
Kaponga Island
(Director)
Temple of Torment
(Director)
ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE
(Director)
Kiss of Frankenstein
(Director)
Garden of Goodies
(Director)
Coven of the Heathenites
(Director)
Zealots of the Zinc Zone
(Director)
Nibbles
(Director)
A Reel of Home Movies
(Director)
The Woman And The Dress
(Director)
Insanitorium
(Director)
Tootsies in Autumn
(Director)
A Town Called Tempest
(Director)
Mom
(Director)
The Lady From Sands Point
(Director)
Low Light Life
(Director)
Going Nowhere
(Director)
A Fatal Desire
(Director)
Grotto of the Gorgons
(Director)
Jewel of Jeopardy
(Director)
Libido Lagoon
(Director)
The Last Hello
(Director)
The Last Hello
(Editor)
Video Album 3
(Director)
Video Album 3
(Editor)
1980 Seven
(Director)
1980 Seven
(Editor)
Zombies of Zanzibar
(Director)
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
(Director)
The Ghost of Dr Foo
(Director)
Phantom of the Pine Barrens
(Director)
Seaside Show
(Director)
Faulty Fathoms
(Director)
Xmas 1986
(Director)
Solstice
(Director)
Honey Bunnies on Ice
(Director)
A Tub Named Desire
(Director)
Kiss of the Veggie Vixen
(Director)
Tropical Vulture
(Director)
The Fury of Frau Frankenstein
(Director)
Blips
(Director)
The Passion Pot
(Director)
The Mongreloid
(Writer)
The Gates of Gomorrah
(Director)
Vermin of the Vortex
(Camera Operator)
Vermin of the Vortex
(Editor)
Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
(Director)