
About
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 |
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2018 | That Woman | Actor | Barbara Walters | N/A N/A |
2017 | Oh Hi Anne | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2013 | (ir)reverence | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2013 | Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2011 | The Butchered Beefcake | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2010 | Eat My Makeup! | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2010 | Webtide | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2010 | Tummy Ache Times | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2010 | The Nutrient Express | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2010 | Delectable Destinations | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2010 | Calorie Cottage | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2010 | Vintage Visits | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2009 | It Came from Kuchar | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2009 | Maggots and Men | Actor | 59 Average |
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2009 | The Hairy Horror | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2009 | Vault of Vapors | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2008 | 3 Stories About Evil | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2008 | Coven of the Heathenites | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2008 | Portrait of Genie | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2007 | 365 Day Project | Actor | 58 Average |
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2007 | Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2007 | Water Sports | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2006 | Hitchcocked! | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2006 | Meet The Kuchar Brothers | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2005 | Song of the Whoopee Wind | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2005 | George Kuchar: An Interview | Actor | George Kuchar | N/A N/A |
2004 | Supercell | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2004 | Electrocute Your Stars | Actor | 59 Average |
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2003 | Visitation Rites | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2003 | Burnout | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2002 | The Kingdom By The Sea | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
2001 | Arizona Byways | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2000 | Divine Trash | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | Metropolitan Monologues | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
1999 | Secrets of the Shadow World | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
1999 | Chigger Country | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1999 | All Smiles and Sadness | Actor | Monologue Narrator | N/A N/A |
1998 | Brakhage | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
1998 | Bongwater | Actor | Homeless Man | 57 Average |
1998 | Domain of the Pixel Pixies | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1997 | Law of Desire | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1997 | The Inmate | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1996 | Vermin of the Vortex | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1996 | Uncle Evil | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1996 | Sunset After Dark | Actor | George Kilman | 59 Average |
1996 | Season of Sorrow | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1994 | Cellar Sinema | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1994 | Urchins of Ungawa | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1992 | Award | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1992 | Going Nowhere | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1992 | Sherman Acres | Actor | Ira | N/A N/A |
1991 | Scarlet Droppings | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
1991 | Gastronomic Getaway | Actor | 59 Average |
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1991 | Weather Watch | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1991 | Foto Spread | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1991 | Indian Summer | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1990 | Kiss of the Veggie Vixen | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1990 | Swamp | Actor | Uncle George | N/A N/A |
1990 | Snap 'n Snatch | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1990 | A Passage to Wetness | Actor | 59 Average |
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1990 | The Warming of the Hell House | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1990 | Rocky Interlude | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1989 | 500 Millibars to Ecstasy | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1989 | Migration of the Blubberoids | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1989 | Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1989 | Precious Products | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1989 | Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1989 | Chili Line Stops Here | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1989 | Point 'n Shoot | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1988 | Weather Diary 3 | Actor | 58 Average |
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1988 | Return to the House of Pain | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1988 | Xmas 1987 New Years | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1987 | Rainy Season | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1987 | The Creeping Crimson | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1987 | Cult of the Cubicles | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1987 | Video Album 5: The Thursday People | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1986 | Xmas 1986 | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1986 | He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1986 | Weather Diary 1 | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
1985 | Christmas 85 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1985 | Sparkle's Tavern | Actor | Mr. Pupik | 59 Average |
1984 | Screamplay | Actor | Martin | 58 Average |
1983 | George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
1980 | Taboo: The Single and the LP | Actor | 59 Average |
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1978 | The Mongreloid | Actor | Himself | 58 Average |
1977 | I, an Actress | Actor | Director | 58 Average |
1977 | Wild Night in El Reno | Actor | 58 Average |
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1977 | George and Mike Kuchar | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1976 | George | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1976 | The Shadow Glass | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1975 | Thundercrack! | Actor | Bing / Medusa | 58 Average |
1975 | Andy Warhol's Unfinished Symphony | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1974 | Nudes: A Sketchbook | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1974 | True Blue and Dreamy | Actor | 59 Average |
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1974 | A Night with Gilda Peck | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1974 | Beaver Fever | Actor | Hunk | 59 Average |
1973 | Boggy Depot | Actor | Damon | 58 Average |
1972 | Wieners and Buns Musical | Actor | Forrest | N/A N/A |
1972 | Confessions | Actor | 58 Average |
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1972 | Peed Into the Wind | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1971 | Portrait of Ramona | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1969 | Chronicles | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1968 | Underground New York | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1968 | Encyclopedia of the Blessed | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1967 | The Craven Sluck | Actor | Morton | 59 Average |
1967 | The Unclean | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
1967 | Bill's Hat | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1966 | Galaxie | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1966 | The Secret of Wendel Samson | Actor | 59 Average |
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1966 | Hold Me While I'm Naked | Actor | 58 Average |
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1966 | River Windows | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1965 | Sins of the Fleshapoids | Actor | Prince Gianbeno | 58 Average |
1964 | Anita Needs Me | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1964 | Lust for Ecstasy | Actor | Father Nelson | N/A N/A |
1964 | Born of the Wind | Actor | 58 Average |
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1963 | Tootsies in Autumn | Actor | 59 Average |
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1963 | Confessions of Babette | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | Night of the Bomb | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1958 | The Slasher | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Web of Fire | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Tropical Vulture | Actor | Dean | N/A N/A |
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East by Southwest | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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2024 | Kuchar-esque | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | The Butchered Beefcake | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | HotSpell | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | Empire of Evil | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Jewel of Jeopardy | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Zealots of the Zinc Zone | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Nibbles | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Room 666 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Calorie Cottage | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Vintage Visits | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Tummy Ache Times | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Webtide | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Lingo of the Lost | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Delectable Destinations | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | The Nutrient Express | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Zombies of Zanzibar | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | The Hairy Horror | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Solstice | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Burrito Bay | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | The Unmentionables | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Vault of Vapors | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Art Space | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Celebrity Casino | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Mellow Magic | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Jamboree Journey | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Acid Redux | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2009 | Libido Lagoon | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Orphans of the Cosmos | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Spectral Delivery | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Pictographic Piles | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Coven of the Heathenites | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Atrium of the Omni-Orb | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | FlashBulb Alley | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Eye on the Sky | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | The Crypt of Frankenstein | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Portrait of Genie | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | January Jubilee | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2008 | Seaside Show | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2008 | X MASS | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2007 | The Ghost of Dr Foo | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2007 | Water Sports | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2006 | Garden of Goodies | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2006 | I, of the Cyclops | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2006 | Faulty Fathoms | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2005 | The Fury of Frau Frankenstein | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2005 | Song of the Whoopee Wind | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2005 | George Kuchar: An Interview | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2005 | Dynasty of Depravity | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2004 | A Fatal Desire | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2004 | Temple of Torment | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2004 | Supercell | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2004 | Kaponga Island | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2003 | The Passion Pot | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2003 | Visitation Rites | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2003 | Burnout | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2003 | Butter Balls | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2003 | Kiss of Frankenstein | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2002 | The Gates of Gomorrah | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2002 | The Kingdom By The Sea | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2001 | Honey Bunnies on Ice | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2001 | Arizona Byways | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2000 | Aquatica | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2000 | Planet of the Vamps | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2000 | Metropolitan Monologues | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2000 | Cyclone Alley Ceramics | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1999 | Secrets of the Shadow World | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1999 | Chigger Country | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1998 | Phantom of the Pine Barrens | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1998 | Domain of the Pixel Pixies | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1997 | The Inmate | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1997 | Oasis of the Pharaohs | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1996 | Vermin of the Vortex | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1996 | Uncle Evil | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1996 | Season of Sorrow | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1995 | Grotto of the Gorgons | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1995 | Society Slut | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1994 | Holidaze, 1994 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1994 | Urchins of Ungawa | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1994 | The Cage of Nicholas | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1994 | Tales of the Twilight Typist | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1994 | Route 666 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1994 | Dingleberry Jingles | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1994 | Cellar Sinema | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1994 | Nirvana of the Nebbishites | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1994 | The Tower of the Astro-Cyclops | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1993 | Andy's House of Gary | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1993 | Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1993 | ID CAME FROM INNER SPACE | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1993 | Glacier Park Video Views | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1992 | Going Nowhere | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1992 | Pilgrimage | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1992 | Impaction of the Igneous | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1992 | Sherman Acres | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1992 | Award | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1991 | Scarlet Droppings | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1991 | Gastronomic Getaway | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1991 | The Fall of the House of Yasmin | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1991 | Weather Watch | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1991 | Indian Summer | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1991 | Foto Spread | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1991 | Dialogue of the Devil Dolls | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1990 | Kiss of the Veggie Vixen | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1990 | Weather Diary 6 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1990 | Snap 'n Snatch | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1990 | Rocky Interlude | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1990 | A Passage to Wetness | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1989 | Weather Diary 5 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1989 | Precious Products | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | Migration of the Blubberoids | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | Chili Line Stops Here | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | Point 'n Shoot | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | The Web of Doctor Satan | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | Love Me True | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | La Verbotene Voyage | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | Vile Cargo | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1989 | 500 Millibars to Ecstasy | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1988 | Evangelust | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1988 | We, the Normal | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1988 | Xmas 1987 New Years | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1988 | Weather Diary 3 | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1988 | Summer of No Return | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1988 | Weather Diary 4 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1988 | Low Light Life | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1988 | Return to the House of Pain | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1987 | Rainy Season | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1987 | The Creeping Crimson | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1987 | Video Album 5: The Thursday People | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1987 | Cult of the Cubicles | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1987 | 1980 Seven | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1987 | Insanitorium | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1987 | Weather Diary 2 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1986 | Xmas 1986 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1986 | The Last Hello | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1986 | Greetings from Boulder | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1986 | Video Album 3 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1986 | Weather Diary 1 | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1985 | Christmas 85 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1985 | Motel Capri | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1985 | Ascension of the Demonoids | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1984 | The X-People | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1984 | Club Vatican | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1983 | Mom | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1983 | Cattle Mutilation | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1981 | Yolanda | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1980 | The Woman And The Dress | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1980 | The Nocturnal Immaculation | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1979 | The Power of the Press | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1979 | Blips | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1978 | Prescrition in Blue | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1978 | Symphony for a Sinner | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1978 | The Mongreloid | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1978 | Forever and Always | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1978 | One Night a Week | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1977 | I, an Actress | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1977 | Wild Night in El Reno | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1977 | The Asphalt Ribbon | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1976 | A Reason to Live | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1976 | Back to Nature | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1975 | The Devil's Cleavage | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1975 | The Desperate and The Deep | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1972 | The Sunshine Sisters | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1971 | Portrait of Ramona | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1970 | Pagan Rhapsody | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1968 | Unstrap Me | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1968 | The Mammal Palace | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1968 | House of the White People | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1968 | Knocturne | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1968 | Encyclopedia of the Blessed | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1967 | Color Me Shameless | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1967 | The Lady From Sands Point | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1967 | Eclipse of the Sun Virgin | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1967 | Mosholu Holiday | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1966 | Hold Me While I'm Naked | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1966 | Color Me Lurid | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1966 | Leisure | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1965 | Corruption of the Damned | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1964 | Anita Needs Me | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1964 | Lust for Ecstasy | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1964 | Lovers of Eternity | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1963 | Tootsies in Autumn | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1963 | A Town Called Tempest | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1962 | Sylvia’s Promise | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1962 | Night of the Bomb | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1962 | A WOMAN DISTRESSED | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1961 | A Reel of Home Movies | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1961 | Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1960 | I Was a Teenage Rumpot | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1959 | The Thief and the Stripper | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1958 | The Slasher | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1957 | The Naked and the Nude | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1956 | A Tub Named Desire | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Tropical Vulture | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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East by Southwest | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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Saga of Magda | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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2024 | Kuchar-esque | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1994 | Holidaze, 1994 | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1994 | Route 666 | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1989 | Weather Diary 5 | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1978 | Symphony for a Sinner | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1978 | The Mongreloid | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1976 | Back to Nature | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1975 | Thundercrack! | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
1975 | The Devil's Cleavage | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
1966 | Hold Me While I'm Naked | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Production |
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1975 | The Devil's Cleavage | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
Art |
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1976 | The Apparition | Art | Set Designer | N/A N/A |
Camera |
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1996 | Vermin of the Vortex | Camera | Camera Operator | N/A N/A |
1994 | Holidaze, 1994 | Camera | Camera Operator | 59 Average |
1990 | The Warming of the Hell House | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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1993 | I Was a Teenage Serial Killer | Crew | Other | 58 Average |
1975 | The Devil's Cleavage | Crew | Cinematography | 58 Average |
Editing |
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1996 | Vermin of the Vortex | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
1994 | Holidaze, 1994 | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
1987 | 1980 Seven | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
1986 | The Last Hello | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
1986 | Video Album 3 | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
1975 | The Devil's Cleavage | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |