About

Known credits:
335
Birthday:
1942-08-31
Place of birth:
New York, New York
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George Kuchar

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2018 That Woman Actor Barbara Walters N/A
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2017 Oh Hi Anne Actor Himself N/A
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2013 (ir)reverence Actor N/A
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2013 Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton Actor Self 59
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2011 The Butchered Beefcake Actor N/A
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2010 Eat My Makeup! Actor N/A
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2010 Webtide Actor Himself N/A
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2010 Delectable Destinations Actor N/A
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2010 Vintage Visits Actor N/A
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2010 Tummy Ache Times Actor N/A
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2010 The Nutrient Express Actor N/A
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2010 Calorie Cottage Actor N/A
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2009 It Came from Kuchar Actor Self 59
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2009 Maggots and Men Actor 59
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2009 Vault of Vapors Actor N/A
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2009 The Hairy Horror Actor Himself N/A
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2008 3 Stories About Evil Actor N/A
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2008 Coven of the Heathenites Actor Self N/A
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2008 Portrait of Genie Actor Himself N/A
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2007 365 Day Project Actor N/A
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2007 Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis Actor Self 58
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2007 Water Sports Actor Himself N/A
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2006 Hitchcocked! Actor Self N/A
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2006 Meet The Kuchar Brothers Actor N/A
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2005 George Kuchar: An Interview Actor George Kuchar N/A
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2005 Song of the Whoopee Wind Actor Himself N/A
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2004 Electrocute Your Stars Actor 59
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2004 Supercell Actor Himself N/A
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2003 Visitation Rites Actor N/A
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2003 Burnout Actor Himself N/A
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2002 The Kingdom By The Sea Actor Himself N/A
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2001 Arizona Byways Actor Self N/A
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2000 Divine Trash Actor Self 59
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2000 Metropolitan Monologues Actor Himself 59
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1999 Secrets of the Shadow World Actor Himself 59
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1999 All Smiles and Sadness Actor Monologue Narrator N/A
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1999 Chigger Country Actor N/A
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1998 Brakhage Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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1998 Bongwater Actor Homeless Man 58
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1998 Domain of the Pixel Pixies Actor Himself N/A
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1997 Law of Desire Actor N/A
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1997 The Inmate Actor Himself N/A
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1996 Season of Sorrow Actor Himself N/A
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1996 Uncle Evil Actor Himself N/A
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1996 Sunset After Dark Actor George Kilman 59
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1994 Urchins of Ungawa Actor N/A
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1994 Cellar Sinema Actor N/A
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1992 Award Actor Himself N/A
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1992 Going Nowhere Actor Himself N/A
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1992 Sherman Acres Actor Ira N/A
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1991 Scarlet Droppings Actor Himself 59
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1991 Gastronomic Getaway Actor 59
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1991 Foto Spread Actor Self N/A
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1991 Indian Summer Actor N/A
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1991 Weather Watch Actor N/A
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1990 Kiss of the Veggie Vixen Actor Self N/A
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1990 Snap 'n Snatch Actor Himself N/A
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1990 Swamp Actor Uncle George N/A
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1990 Rocky Interlude Actor Himself N/A
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1990 The Warming of the Hell House Actor Self N/A
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1990 A Passage to Wetness Actor 59
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1989 Point 'n Shoot Actor Himself N/A
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1989 Precious Products Actor Himself N/A
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1989 Migration of the Blubberoids Actor N/A
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1989 500 Millibars to Ecstasy Actor Himself N/A
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1989 Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness Actor N/A
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1989 Chili Line Stops Here Actor Himself N/A
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1989 Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s Actor N/A
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1988 Xmas 1987 New Years Actor Himself N/A
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1988 Weather Diary 3 Actor 58
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1988 Return to the House of Pain Actor Self N/A
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1987 Rainy Season Actor N/A
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1987 The Creeping Crimson Actor N/A
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1987 Cult of the Cubicles Actor Himself N/A
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1987 Video Album 5: The Thursday People Actor N/A
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1986 Xmas 1986 Actor Himself N/A
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1986 He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1986 Weather Diary 1 Actor Himself 59
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1985 Christmas 85 Actor Self N/A
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1985 Sparkle's Tavern Actor Mr. Pupik 59
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1984 Screamplay Actor Martin 59
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1983 George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground Actor Himself 59
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1980 Taboo: The Single and the LP Actor 59
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1978 The Mongreloid Actor Himself 59
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1977 I, an Actress Actor Director 58
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1977 Wild Night in El Reno Actor 59
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1977 George and Mike Kuchar Actor Self N/A
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1976 George Actor N/A
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1976 The Shadow Glass Actor N/A
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1975 Thundercrack! Actor Bing / Medusa 59
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1975 Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony Actor N/A
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1974 True Blue and Dreamy Actor 59
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1974 Beaver Fever Actor Hunk 59
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1974 Nudes: A Sketchbook Actor N/A
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1974 A Night with Gilda Peck Actor N/A
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1973 Boggy Depot Actor Damon N/A
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1972 Wieners and Buns Musical Actor Forrest N/A
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1972 Confessions Actor 59
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1972 Peed Into the Wind Actor N/A
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1971 Portrait of Ramona Actor N/A
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1969 Chronicles Actor N/A
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1968 Encyclopedia of the Blessed Actor N/A
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1968 Underground New York Actor Self N/A
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1967 The Craven Sluck Actor Morton 59
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1967 The Unclean Actor Himself N/A
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1967 Bill's Hat Actor N/A
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1966 Galaxie Actor Self N/A
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1966 The Secret of Wendel Samson Actor 59
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1966 Hold Me While I'm Naked Actor 58
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1966 River Windows Actor N/A
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1965 Sins of the Fleshapoids Actor Prince Gianbeno 59
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1964 Anita Needs Me Actor N/A
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1964 Lust for Ecstasy Actor Father Nelson N/A
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1964 Born of the Wind Actor 58
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1963 Tootsies in Autumn Actor 59
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1963 Confessions of Babette Actor N/A
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1962 Night of the Bomb Actor N/A
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1958 The Slasher Actor N/A
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Tropical Vulture Actor Dean N/A
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East by Southwest Actor N/A
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Web of Fire Actor N/A
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Directing
2024 Kuchar-esque Directing Director N/A
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2011 The Butchered Beefcake Directing Director N/A
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2011 HotSpell Directing Director N/A
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2011 Empire of Evil Directing Director N/A
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2010 The Nutrient Express Directing Director N/A
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2010 Room 666 Directing Director N/A
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2010 Zealots of the Zinc Zone Directing Director N/A
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2010 Webtide Directing Director N/A
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2010 Tummy Ache Times Directing Director N/A
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2010 Delectable Destinations Directing Director N/A
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2010 Calorie Cottage Directing Director N/A
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2010 Jewel of Jeopardy Directing Director N/A
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2010 Nibbles Directing Director N/A
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2010 Lingo of the Lost Directing Director N/A
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2010 Vintage Visits Directing Director N/A
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2009 Zombies of Zanzibar Directing Director N/A
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2009 Vault of Vapors Directing Director N/A
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2009 Acid Redux Directing Director N/A
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2009 Libido Lagoon Directing Director N/A
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2009 Burrito Bay Directing Director N/A
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2009 The Unmentionables Directing Director N/A
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2009 Mellow Magic Directing Director N/A
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2009 The Hairy Horror Directing Director N/A
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2009 Jamboree Journey Directing Director N/A
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2009 Art Space Directing Director N/A
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2009 Celebrity Casino Directing Director N/A
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2009 Solstice Directing Director N/A
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2008 Orphans of the Cosmos Directing Director N/A
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2008 The Crypt of Frankenstein Directing Director N/A
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2008 Pictographic Piles Directing Director N/A
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2008 January Jubilee Directing Director N/A
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2008 Coven of the Heathenites Directing Director N/A
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2008 Portrait of Genie Directing Director N/A
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2008 FlashBulb Alley Directing Director N/A
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2008 Eye on the Sky Directing Director N/A
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2008 Spectral Delivery Directing Director N/A
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2008 X MASS Directing Director N/A
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2008 Seaside Show Directing Director 59
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2008 Atrium of the Omni-Orb Directing Director N/A
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2007 Water Sports Directing Director N/A
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2007 The Ghost of Dr Foo Directing Director N/A
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2006 Faulty Fathoms Directing Director N/A
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2006 Garden of Goodies Directing Director N/A
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2006 I, of the Cyclops Directing Director N/A
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2005 The Fury of Frau Frankenstein Directing Director N/A
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2005 Song of the Whoopee Wind Directing Director N/A
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2005 George Kuchar: An Interview Directing Director N/A
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2005 Dynasty of Depravity Directing Director N/A
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2004 A Fatal Desire Directing Director N/A
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2004 Supercell Directing Director N/A
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2004 Kaponga Island Directing Director N/A
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2004 Temple of Torment Directing Director N/A
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2003 Kiss of Frankenstein Directing Director 59
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2003 Visitation Rites Directing Director N/A
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2003 Butter Balls Directing Director N/A
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2003 Burnout Directing Director N/A
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2002 The Kingdom By The Sea Directing Director N/A
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2001 Arizona Byways Directing Director N/A
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2001 Honey Bunnies on Ice Directing Director N/A
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2000 Cyclone Alley Ceramics Directing Director 59
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2000 Metropolitan Monologues Directing Director 59
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2000 Planet of the Vamps Directing Director 59
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2000 Aquatica Directing Director N/A
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1999 Secrets of the Shadow World Directing Director 59
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1999 Chigger Country Directing Director N/A
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1998 Domain of the Pixel Pixies Directing Director N/A
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1998 Phantom of the Pine Barrens Directing Director N/A
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1997 Oasis of the Pharaohs Directing Director N/A
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1997 The Inmate Directing Director N/A
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1996 Season of Sorrow Directing Director N/A
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1996 Uncle Evil Directing Director N/A
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1996 Vermin of the Vortex Directing Director N/A
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1995 Society Slut Directing Director N/A
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1995 Grotto of the Gorgons Directing Director N/A
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1994 Holidaze, 1994 Directing Director 59
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1994 The Cage of Nicholas Directing Director N/A
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1994 Dingleberry Jingles Directing Director N/A
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1994 Tales of the Twilight Typist Directing Director N/A
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1994 Cellar Sinema Directing Director N/A
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1994 Route 666 Directing Director 59
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1994 Nirvana of the Nebbishites Directing Director N/A
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1994 The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops Directing Director N/A
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1994 Urchins of Ungawa Directing Director N/A
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1993 Andy's House of Gary Directing Director N/A
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1993 Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical Directing Director N/A
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1993 ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE Directing Director N/A
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1993 Glacier Park Video Views Directing Director N/A
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1992 Sherman Acres Directing Director N/A
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1992 Award Directing Director N/A
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1992 Impaction of the Igneous Directing Director N/A
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1992 Going Nowhere Directing Director N/A
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1992 Pilgrimage Directing Director N/A
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1991 Scarlet Droppings Directing Director 59
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1991 Indian Summer Directing Director N/A
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1991 The Fall of the House of Yasmin Directing Director N/A
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1991 Weather Watch Directing Director N/A
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1991 Foto Spread Directing Director N/A
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1991 Dialogue of the Devil Dolls Directing Director N/A
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1991 Gastronomic Getaway Directing Director 59
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1990 Kiss of the Veggie Vixen Directing Director N/A
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1990 A Passage to Wetness Directing Director 59
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1990 Snap 'n Snatch Directing Director N/A
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1990 Rocky Interlude Directing Director N/A
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1990 Weather Diary 6 Directing Director N/A
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1989 Point 'n Shoot Directing Director N/A
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1989 Precious Products Directing Director N/A
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1989 The Web of Doctor Satan Directing Director N/A
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1989 Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s Directing Director N/A
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1989 Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness Directing Director N/A
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1989 Love Me True Directing Director N/A
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1989 500 Millibars to Ecstasy Directing Director N/A
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1989 Vile Cargo Directing Director N/A
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1989 Migration of the Blubberoids Directing Director N/A
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1989 Chili Line Stops Here Directing Director N/A
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1989 La Verbotene Voyage Directing Director N/A
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1989 Weather Diary 5 Directing Director 59
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1988 Return to the House of Pain Directing Director N/A
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1988 Weather Diary 3 Directing Director 58
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1988 We, the Normal Directing Director N/A
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1988 Low Light Life Directing Director N/A
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1988 Xmas 1987 New Years Directing Director N/A
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1988 Weather Diary 4 Directing Director N/A
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1988 Summer of No Return Directing Director 59
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1988 Evangelust Directing Director N/A
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1987 Rainy Season Directing Director N/A
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1987 The Creeping Crimson Directing Director N/A
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1987 Video Album 5: The Thursday People Directing Director N/A
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1987 1980 Seven Directing Director N/A
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1987 Cult of the Cubicles Directing Director N/A
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1987 Weather Diary 2 Directing Director N/A
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1987 Insanitorium Directing Director N/A
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1986 Xmas 1986 Directing Director N/A
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1986 The Last Hello Directing Director N/A
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1986 Greetings from Boulder Directing Director N/A
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1986 Weather Diary 1 Directing Director 59
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1986 Video Album 3 Directing Director N/A
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1985 Christmas 85 Directing Director N/A
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1985 Ascension of the Demonoids Directing Director 58
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1985 Motel Capri Directing Director N/A
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1984 The X-People Directing Director N/A
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1984 Club Vatican Directing Director N/A
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1983 Mom Directing Director N/A
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1983 Cattle Mutilation Directing Director 59
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1981 Yolanda Directing Director N/A
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1980 The Woman And The Dress Directing Director N/A
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1980 The Nocturnal Immaculation Directing Director N/A
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1979 The Power of the Press Directing Director N/A
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1979 Blips Directing Director N/A
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1978 Prescrition in Blue Directing Director N/A
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1978 Symphony for a Sinner Directing Director 59
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1978 Forever and Always Directing Director 58
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1978 The Mongreloid Directing Director 59
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1978 One Night a Week Directing Director N/A
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1977 I, an Actress Directing Director 58
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1977 Wild Night in El Reno Directing Director 59
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1977 The Asphalt Ribbon Directing Director N/A
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1976 Back to Nature Directing Director N/A
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1976 A Reason to Live Directing Director 59
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1975 The Devil's Cleavage Directing Director 58
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1975 The Desperate and The Deep Directing Director N/A
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1972 The Sunshine Sisters Directing Director N/A
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1971 Portrait of Ramona Directing Director N/A
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1970 Pagan Rhapsody Directing Director 59
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1968 Unstrap Me Directing Director N/A
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1968 Knocturne Directing Director N/A
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1968 House of the White People Directing Director N/A
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1968 The Mammal Palace Directing Director N/A
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1968 Encyclopedia of the Blessed Directing Director N/A
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1967 Color Me Shameless Directing Director N/A
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1967 The Lady From Sands Point Directing Director N/A
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1967 Eclipse of the Sun Virgin Directing Director 59
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1967 Mosholu Holiday Directing Director N/A
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1966 Hold Me While I'm Naked Directing Director 58
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1966 Color Me Lurid Directing Director 59
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1966 Leisure Directing Director N/A
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1965 Corruption of the Damned Directing Director 59
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1964 Anita Needs Me Directing Director N/A
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1964 Lust for Ecstasy Directing Director N/A
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1964 Lovers of Eternity Directing Director N/A
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1963 Tootsies in Autumn Directing Director 59
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1963 A Town Called Tempest Directing Director N/A
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1962 A WOMAN DISTRESSED Directing Director N/A
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1962 Night of the Bomb Directing Director N/A
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1962 Sylvia’s Promise Directing Director N/A
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1961 Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof Directing Director 59
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1961 A Reel of Home Movies Directing Director N/A
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1960 I Was a Teenage Rumpot Directing Director N/A
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1959 The Thief and the Stripper Directing Director N/A
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1958 The Slasher Directing Director N/A
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1957 The Naked and the Nude Directing Director N/A
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1956 A Tub Named Desire Directing Director N/A
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East by Southwest Directing Director N/A
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Saga of Magda Directing Director N/A
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Tropical Vulture Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Kuchar-esque Writing Writer N/A
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1994 Holidaze, 1994 Writing Screenplay 59
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1994 Route 666 Writing Writer 59
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1989 Weather Diary 5 Writing Writer 59
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1978 Symphony for a Sinner Writing Screenplay 59
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1976 Back to Nature Writing Writer N/A
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1975 Thundercrack! Writing Screenplay 59
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1975 The Devil's Cleavage Writing Screenplay 58
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1966 Hold Me While I'm Naked Writing Writer 58
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Production
1975 The Devil's Cleavage Production Producer 58
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Art
1976 The Apparition Art Set Designer N/A
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Camera
1994 Holidaze, 1994 Camera Camera Operator 59
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1990 The Warming of the Hell House Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
1993 I Was a Teenage Serial Killer Crew Other 58
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1975 The Devil's Cleavage Crew Cinematography 58
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Editing
1994 Holidaze, 1994 Editing Editor 59
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1987 1980 Seven Editing Editor N/A
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1986 The Last Hello Editing Editor N/A
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1986 Video Album 3 Editing Editor N/A
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1975 The Devil's Cleavage Editing Editor 58
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