George Kuchar

Person Details

Birthday: 1942-08-31 03:42:32

Death: 2011-09-06 03:42:32

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New York, New York

Homepage: http://www.kucharbrothers.org

Movie Involvements: 235

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Average

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2018	Barbara Walters	That Woman 2018-08-06 Movie
2017	Himself	Oh Hi Anne 2017-01-01 Movie
2013	N/A	(ir)reverence 2013-04-10 Movie
	Self	Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton 2013-03-09 Movie
2011	N/A	The Butchered Beefcake 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	N/A	Eat My Makeup! 2010-04-10 Movie
	Himself	Webtide 2010-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Vintage Visits 2010-01-01 Movie
	N/A	The Nutrient Express 2010-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Tummy Ache Times 2010-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Calorie Cottage 2010-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Delectable Destinations 2010-01-01 Movie
2009	Self	It Came from Kuchar 2009-09-22 Movie
	N/A	Maggots and Men 2009-06-21 Movie
	Himself	The Hairy Horror 2009-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Vault of Vapors 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	N/A	3 Stories About Evil 2008-03-26 Movie
	Himself	Portrait of Genie 2008-01-01 Movie
	Self	Coven of the Heathenites 2008-01-01 Movie
2007	Self	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis 2007-04-11 Movie
	Himself	Water Sports 2007-01-01 Movie
2006	Self	Hitchcocked! 2006-08-11 Movie
	N/A	Meet The Kuchar Brothers 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Himself	Song of the Whoopee Wind 2005-01-01 Movie
	George Kuchar	George Kuchar: An Interview 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	N/A	Electrocute Your Stars 2004-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Supercell 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	N/A	Visitation Rites 2003-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Burnout 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Himself	The Kingdom By The Sea 2002-01-01 Movie
2001	Self	Arizona Byways 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Self	Divine Trash 2000-03-31 Movie
	Himself	Metropolitan Monologues 2000-01-01 Movie
1999	Himself	Secrets of the Shadow World 1999-08-31 Movie
	N/A	Chigger Country 1999-01-01 Movie
	Monologue Narrator	All Smiles and Sadness 1999-01-01 Movie
1998	Himself (archive footage)	Brakhage 1998-09-17 Movie
	Homeless Man	Bongwater 1998-04-18 Movie
	Himself	Domain of the Pixel Pixies 1998-01-01 Movie
1997	Himself	The Inmate 1997-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Law of Desire 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	George Kilman	Sunset After Dark 1996-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Uncle Evil 1996-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Season of Sorrow 1996-01-01 Movie
1994	N/A	Cellar Sinema 1994-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Urchins of Ungawa 1994-01-01 Movie
1992	Himself	Award 1992-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Going Nowhere 1992-01-01 Movie
	Ira	Sherman Acres 1992-01-01 Movie
1991	Himself	Scarlet Droppings 1991-08-01 Movie
	N/A	Gastronomic Getaway 1991-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Indian Summer 1991-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Weather Watch 1991-01-01 Movie
	Self	Foto Spread 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Self	Kiss of the Veggie Vixen 1990-01-02 Movie
	Uncle George	Swamp 1990-01-01 Movie
	N/A	A Passage to Wetness 1990-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Rocky Interlude 1990-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Snap 'n Snatch 1990-01-01 Movie
	Self	The Warming of the Hell House 1990-01-01 Movie
1989	N/A	Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s 1989-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Migration of the Blubberoids 1989-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness 1989-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Chili Line Stops Here 1989-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Precious Products 1989-01-01 Movie
	Himself	500 Millibars to Ecstasy 1989-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Point 'n Shoot 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	N/A	Weather Diary 3 1988-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Xmas 1987 New Years 1988-01-01 Movie
	Self	Return to the House of Pain 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	N/A	Rainy Season 1987-11-19 Movie
	N/A	The Creeping Crimson 1987-10-31 Movie
	N/A	Video Album 5: The Thursday People 1987-01-01 Movie
	Himself	Cult of the Cubicles 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Himself	Xmas 1986 1986-12-25 Movie
	Self	He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life 1986-02-22 Movie
	Himself	Weather Diary 1 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Self	Christmas 85 1985-12-25 Movie
	Martin	Screamplay 1985-11-01 Movie
	Mr. Pupik	Sparkle's Tavern 1985-06-01 Movie
1983	Himself	George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground 1983-04-01 Movie
1980	N/A	Taboo: The Single and the LP 1980-01-01 Movie
1978	Himself	The Mongreloid 1978-09-21 Movie
1977	Director	I, an Actress 1977-12-09 Movie
	N/A	Wild Night in El Reno 1977-09-06 Movie
	Self	George and Mike Kuchar 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	N/A	The Shadow Glass 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Bing / Medusa	Thundercrack! 1975-12-29 Movie
	N/A	Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	N/A	True Blue and Dreamy 1974-01-01 Movie
	Hunk	Beaver Fever 1974-01-01 Movie
	N/A	A Night with Gilda Peck 1974-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Nudes: A Sketchbook 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Damon	Boggy Depot 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	Forrest	Wieners and Buns Musical 1972-05-12 Movie
	N/A	Confessions 1972-03-15 Movie
	N/A	Peed Into the Wind 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	N/A	Portrait of Ramona 1971-01-01 Movie
1969	N/A	Chronicles 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	N/A	Encyclopedia of the Blessed 1968-01-01 Movie
	Self	Underground New York 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Morton	The Craven Sluck 1967-12-21 Movie
	N/A	Bill's Hat 1967-01-01 Movie
1966	Himself	Galaxie 1966-09-03 Movie
	N/A	The Secret of Wendel Samson 1966-07-01 Movie
	N/A	Hold Me While I'm Naked 1966-04-23 Movie
	N/A	River Windows 1966-01-01 Movie
1965	Prince Gianbeno	Sins of the Fleshapoids 1965-01-04 Movie
1964	N/A	Anita Needs Me 1964-03-11 Movie
	N/A	Born of the Wind 1964-03-04 Movie
	Father Nelson	Lust for Ecstasy 1964-03-04 Movie
1963	N/A	Tootsies in Autumn 1963-09-23 Movie
	N/A	Confessions of Babette 1963-01-01 Movie
1962	N/A	Night of the Bomb 1962-01-01 Movie
1958	N/A	The Slasher 1958-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Web of Fire Movie
	N/A	East by Southwest Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Director	Kuchar-esque 2024-06-16 Movie
2011	Director	Empire of Evil 2011-01-01 Movie
	Director	HotSpell 2011-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Butchered Beefcake 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	Director	Lingo of the Lost 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Webtide 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Zealots of the Zinc Zone 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Nibbles 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Jewel of Jeopardy 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Room 666 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Vintage Visits 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Nutrient Express 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Tummy Ache Times 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Calorie Cottage 2010-01-01 Movie
	Director	Delectable Destinations 2010-01-01 Movie
2009	Director	Zombies of Zanzibar 2009-08-07 Movie
	Director	The Hairy Horror 2009-01-01 Movie
	Director	Libido Lagoon 2009-01-01 Movie
	Director	Solstice 2009-01-01 Movie
	Director	Vault of Vapors 2009-01-01 Movie
2008	Director	Orphans of the Cosmos 2008-01-01 Movie
	Director	Portrait of Genie 2008-01-01 Movie
	Director	Coven of the Heathenites 2008-01-01 Movie
	Director	Seaside Show 2008-01-01 Movie
2007	Director	Water Sports 2007-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Ghost of Dr Foo 2007-01-01 Movie
2006	Director	I, of the Cyclops 2006-01-01 Movie
	Director	Garden of Goodies 2006-01-01 Movie
	Director	Faulty Fathoms 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Director	Song of the Whoopee Wind 2005-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dynasty of Depravity 2005-01-01 Movie
	Director	George Kuchar: An Interview 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Director	A Fatal Desire 2004-04-13 Movie
	Director	Supercell 2004-01-01 Movie
	Director	Kaponga Island 2004-01-01 Movie
	Director	Temple of Torment 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	Director	Visitation Rites 2003-01-01 Movie
	Director	Burnout 2003-01-01 Movie
	Director	Butter Balls 2003-01-01 Movie
	Director	Kiss of Frankenstein 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Director	The Kingdom By The Sea 2002-01-01 Movie
2001	Director	Honey Bunnies on Ice 2001-01-01 Movie
	Director	Arizona Byways 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Director	Cyclone Alley Ceramics 2000-01-01 Movie
	Director	Aquatica 2000-01-01 Movie
	Director	Planet of the Vamps 2000-01-01 Movie
	Director	Metropolitan Monologues 2000-01-01 Movie
1999	Director	Secrets of the Shadow World 1999-08-31 Movie
	Director	Chigger Country 1999-01-01 Movie
1998	Director	Domain of the Pixel Pixies 1998-01-01 Movie
	Director	Phantom of the Pine Barrens 1998-01-01 Movie
1997	Director	The Inmate 1997-01-01 Movie
	Director	Oasis of the Pharaohs 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Director	Season of Sorrow 1996-01-01 Movie
	Director	Uncle Evil 1996-01-01 Movie
	Director	Vermin of the Vortex 1996-01-01 Movie
1995	Director	Society Slut 1995-01-01 Movie
	Director	Grotto of the Gorgons 1995-01-01 Movie
1994	Director	Holidaze, 1994 1994-12-31 Movie
	Director	The Cage of Nicholas 1994-01-01 Movie
	Director	Tales of the Twilight Typist 1994-01-01 Movie
	Director	Urchins of Ungawa 1994-01-01 Movie
	Director	Route 666 1994-01-01 Movie
	Director	Cellar Sinema 1994-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dingleberry Jingles 1994-01-01 Movie
	Director	Nirvana of the Nebbishites 1994-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops 1994-01-01 Movie
1993	Director	Andy's House of Gary 1993-08-31 Movie
	Director	ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE 1993-02-04 Movie
	Director	Glacier Park Video Views 1993-01-01 Movie
1992	Director	Sherman Acres 1992-01-01 Movie
	Director	Award 1992-01-01 Movie
	Director	Going Nowhere 1992-01-01 Movie
	Director	Impaction of the Igneous 1992-01-01 Movie
	Director	Pilgrimage 1992-01-01 Movie
1991	Director	Scarlet Droppings 1991-08-01 Movie
	Director	Gastronomic Getaway 1991-01-01 Movie
	Director	Indian Summer 1991-01-01 Movie
	Director	Weather Watch 1991-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Fall of the House of Yasmin 1991-01-01 Movie
	Director	Foto Spread 1991-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dialogue of the Devil Dolls 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Director	Kiss of the Veggie Vixen 1990-01-02 Movie
	Director	Weather Diary 6 1990-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Passage to Wetness 1990-01-01 Movie
	Director	Rocky Interlude 1990-01-01 Movie
	Director	Snap 'n Snatch 1990-01-01 Movie
1989	Director	Weather Diary 5 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	Migration of the Blubberoids 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	Chili Line Stops Here 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	Precious Products 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	500 Millibars to Ecstasy 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	Point 'n Shoot 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	Love Me True 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	Vile Cargo 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Web of Doctor Satan 1989-01-01 Movie
	Director	La Verbotene Voyage 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Director	We, the Normal 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Weather Diary 3 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Weather Diary 4 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Summer of No Return 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Xmas 1987 New Years 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Evangelust 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Low Light Life 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Return to the House of Pain 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	Director	Rainy Season 1987-11-19 Movie
	Director	The Creeping Crimson 1987-10-31 Movie
	Director	Video Album 5: The Thursday People 1987-01-01 Movie
	Director	Weather Diary 2 1987-01-01 Movie
	Director	Cult of the Cubicles 1987-01-01 Movie
	Director	Insanitorium 1987-01-01 Movie
	Director	1980 Seven 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Director	Xmas 1986 1986-12-25 Movie
	Director	Weather Diary 1 1986-01-01 Movie
	Director	Greetings from Boulder 1986-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Last Hello 1986-01-01 Movie
	Director	Video Album 3 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Director	Christmas 85 1985-12-25 Movie
	Director	Ascension of the Demonoids 1985-01-01 Movie
	Director	Motel Capri 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	Director	The X-People 1984-01-01 Movie
	Director	Club Vatican 1984-01-01 Movie
1983	Director	Mom 1983-03-03 Movie
	Director	Cattle Mutilation 1983-01-01 Movie
1981	Director	Yolanda 1981-07-01 Movie
1980	Director	The Woman And The Dress 1980-12-12 Movie
	Director	The Nocturnal Immaculation 1980-01-01 Movie
1979	Director	The Power of the Press 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Director	Prescription in Blue 1978-11-01 Movie
	Director	The Mongreloid 1978-09-21 Movie
	Director	Forever and Always 1978-09-21 Movie
	Director	Symphony for a Sinner 1978-09-21 Movie
	Director	One Night a Week 1978-01-01 Movie
1977	Director	I, an Actress 1977-12-09 Movie
	Director	Wild Night in El Reno 1977-09-06 Movie
	Director	The Asphalt Ribbon 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	Director	A Reason to Live 1976-01-01 Movie
	Director	Back to Nature 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Director	The Devil's Cleavage 1975-11-28 Movie
	Director	The Desperate and The Deep 1975-01-01 Movie
1972	Director	The Sunshine Sisters 1972-01-01 Movie
1971	Director	Portrait of Ramona 1971-01-01 Movie
1970	Director	Pagan Rhapsody 1970-02-28 Movie
1968	Director	Unstrap Me 1968-11-20 Movie
	Director	Knocturne 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	House of the White People 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Mammal Palace 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Encyclopedia of the Blessed 1968-01-01 Movie
1967	Director	Color Me Shameless 1967-12-29 Movie
	Director	The Lady From Sands Point 1967-07-07 Movie
	Director	Eclipse of the Sun Virgin 1967-05-04 Movie
	Director	Mosholu Holiday 1967-02-10 Movie
1966	Director	Hold Me While I'm Naked 1966-04-23 Movie
	Director	Color Me Lurid 1966-01-10 Movie
	Director	Leisure 1966-01-01 Movie
1965	Director	Corruption of the Damned 1965-05-29 Movie
1964	Director	Anita Needs Me 1964-03-11 Movie
	Director	Lust for Ecstasy 1964-03-04 Movie
	Director	Lovers of Eternity 1964-01-01 Movie
1963	Director	Tootsies in Autumn 1963-09-23 Movie
	Director	A Town Called Tempest 1963-04-04 Movie
1962	Director	Night of the Bomb 1962-01-01 Movie
	Director	Sylvia’s Promise 1962-01-01 Movie
	Director	A WOMAN DISTRESSED 1962-01-01 Movie
1961	Director	Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof 1961-01-01 Movie
	Director	A Reel of Home Movies 1961-01-01 Movie
1960	Director	I Was a Teenage Rumpot 1960-01-01 Movie
1959	Director	The Thief and the Stripper 1959-01-01 Movie
1958	Director	The Slasher 1958-01-01 Movie
1957	Director	The Naked and the Nude 1957-01-01 Movie
1956	Director	A Tub Named Desire 1956-01-01 Movie
	Director	Saga of Magda Movie
	Director	East by Southwest Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Writer	Kuchar-esque 2024-06-16 Movie
1994	Screenplay	Holidaze, 1994 1994-12-31 Movie
	Writer	Route 666 1994-01-01 Movie
1989	Writer	Weather Diary 5 1989-01-01 Movie
1978	Screenplay	Symphony for a Sinner 1978-09-21 Movie
1976	Writer	Back to Nature 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Screenplay	Thundercrack! 1975-12-29 Movie
	Screenplay	The Devil's Cleavage 1975-11-28 Movie
1966	Writer	Hold Me While I'm Naked 1966-04-23 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1998	Thanks	Every Dog Has Its Day 1998-06-12 Movie
1993	Other	I Was a Teenage Serial Killer 1993-10-01 Movie
1975	Cinematography	The Devil's Cleavage 1975-11-28 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1994	Editor	Holidaze, 1994 1994-12-31 Movie
1987	Editor	1980 Seven 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Editor	The Last Hello 1986-01-01 Movie
	Editor	Video Album 3 1986-01-01 Movie
1975	Editor	The Devil's Cleavage 1975-11-28 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1994	Camera Operator	Holidaze, 1994 1994-12-31 Movie
1990	Director of Photography	The Warming of the Hell House 1990-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1976	Set Designer	The Apparition 1976-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1975	Producer	The Devil's Cleavage 1975-11-28 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

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George Kuchar

Person Details

Most Famous Work

Biography

Most Famous Work

Hold Me While I'm Naked

I Was a Teenage Serial Killer

The Cage of Nicholas

Every Dog Has Its Day

Cult of the Cubicles

Going Nowhere

The Devil's Cleavage

Gastronomic Getaway

Acting

Directing

Writing

Crew

Editing

Camera

Art

Production

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