About

Known credits:
194
Birthday:
1942-08-31
Place of birth:
New York, New York
Website:
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Mike Kuchar

Overview

Mike Kuchar, cinematographer, painter and writer and brother of George Kuchar, was born in New York City. He began making 8mm movies in the 1950's, switching over to 16mm film production in 1960, and continues now, producing short motion pictures in the video and digital formats. Mike and George Kuchar were the co-recipients of the "Vanguard Director Award" at the 11th CineVegas Film Festival, 2009, and the 2009 "Frameline Award" at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.

"Film purists," says Mike, "tend to snub the digital medium — but as far as I'm concerned, if it allows the image to move and make noise, I'll gladly use it... and the format fits perfectly into my budgets too!"

Mike Kuchar is a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow for his work in film and video.

Known for

Acting
2023 My Morning with Magic Mike Actor Self 59
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2017 Oh Hi Anne Actor Himself N/A
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2010 Snow Beard Actor N/A
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2009 It Came from Kuchar Actor Self 59
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2007 365 Day Project Actor 58
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2006 Meet The Kuchar Brothers Actor N/A
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2005 BIRD IN THE SKY Actor Grandfather 59
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2004 Bird, Bath and Beyond Actor Self 59
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2000 Divine Trash Actor Self 59
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1998 Domain of the Pixel Pixies Actor Himself N/A
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1995 An Evil Town Actor 59
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1994 Urchins of Ungawa Actor N/A
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1992 Award Actor Himself N/A
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1989 Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s Actor N/A
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1989 Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness Actor N/A
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1988 Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar Actor N/A
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1988 Return to the House of Pain Actor Self N/A
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1987 The Creeping Crimson Actor N/A
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1987 Video Album 5: The Thursday People Actor N/A
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1987 Cult of the Cubicles 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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1983 George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground Actor Himself 59
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1978 Cinématon Actor N°1085 58
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1977 George and Mike Kuchar Actor Self N/A
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1976 The Shadow Glass Actor N/A
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1976 Seadrift Actor N/A
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1975 Magicman Actor N/A
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1974 True Blue and Dreamy Actor 59
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1974 Beaver Fever Actor 59
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1974 Nudes: A Sketchbook Actor N/A
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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 The Mammal Palace Actor N/A
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1968 Underground New York Actor Self N/A
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1967 Color Me Shameless Actor N/A
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1967 The Unclean Actor Himself N/A
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1966 Galaxie Actor Self N/A
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1966 The Secret of Wendel Samson Actor Wendel Samson (voice) 59
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1966 River Windows Actor N/A
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1965 Corruption of the Damned Actor 58
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1964 Lust for Ecstasy Actor N/A
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1963 Confessions of Babette Actor Leonard N/A
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1962 Sylvia’s Promise Actor N/A
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East by Southwest Actor N/A
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Directing
2024 Kuchar-esque Directing Director N/A
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2019 Celestial Horizons Directing Director N/A
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2019 Him in the Night Directing Director N/A
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2019 Inward Bound Directing Director N/A
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2019 Pathways Directing Director N/A
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2019 Sunkissed Directing Director N/A
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2018 Street Meat Directing Director N/A
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2018 The Season of Shadows and Flame Directing Director N/A
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2018 Flesh and the Stars Directing Director N/A
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2017 SoulSurfers Directing Director N/A
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2017 Keeper of Secrets Directing Director N/A
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2017 NightScape Directing Director N/A
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2017 Broken Gods Directing Director N/A
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2017 Moon Lit Vows Directing Director N/A
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2017 Meat with Bones Directing Director N/A
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2017 Soul Catcher Directing Director N/A
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2016 Dark Night of the Soul Directing Director N/A
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2016 Abstracted Directing Director N/A
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2016 Five O'Clock Shadows Directing Director N/A
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2015 The Breeze and Him Directing Director N/A
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2015 Age of Anxiety Directing Director N/A
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2015 Angels We Directing Director N/A
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2015 Boy in the Mirror Directing Director N/A
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2015 A Rented Space Directing Director N/A
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2015 Wrestling with Angels Directing Director N/A
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2015 Museum of Damaged Art Directing Director N/A
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2014 Blue Vibrations Directing Director N/A
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2014 Dreamsville Directing Director N/A
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2014 Coffee, Tea and Wizardry Directing Director N/A
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2014 Adam’s Apple Directing Director N/A
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2014 Chromatic Effusion Directing Director N/A
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2014 Summer Sins Directing Director N/A
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2014 Lost Blues Directing Director N/A
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2014 Soul Searchers Directing Director N/A
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2014 Chasing Shadows Directing Director N/A
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2014 Rat Nest Directing Director N/A
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2013 The Dragon’s Son Directing Director N/A
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2013 Fallen Angels Directing Director N/A
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2013 Ascension Directing Director N/A
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2013 Devil’s Den Directing Director N/A
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2013 SoulMates Directing Director N/A
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2013 Happy Birthday! Directing Director N/A
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2013 Happy Birthday! Directing Director N/A
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2012 Disordered Directing Director N/A
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2012 Tickled Pink Directing Director N/A
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2012 Meltdown Directing Director N/A
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2011 Litany of the Seven Kisses Directing Director N/A
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2011 The Stone Boy Directing Director N/A
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2011 Free Form Frolic Directing Director N/A
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2011 Splatter Movie Directing Director N/A
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2010 The Dreamer’s Tale Directing Director N/A
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2010 Medusa’s Gaze Directing Director N/A
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2010 Debbie and the Demons Directing Director N/A
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2010 Opal Essence Directing Director N/A
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2010 Echo’s Garden Directing Director N/A
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2009 Stolen Sweets and Tattle Tales Directing Director N/A
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2009 Bedeviled Directing Director N/A
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2009 Ephemeral Seizure Directing Director N/A
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2009 Idyll Directing Director N/A
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2009 The Tiger Directing Director N/A
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2009 Dumped! Directing Director N/A
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2009 Animal Directing Director N/A
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2009 Swan Song Directing Director 59
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2008 The Faery Garden Directing Director N/A
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2008 Song of the Seven Senses Directing Director N/A
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2008 A Brief Summer’s Tale Directing Director N/A
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2008 Witchery Directing Director N/A
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2008 A Dream of Roses Directing Director N/A
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2008 A Midsummer's Nightmare Directing Director N/A
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2008 The Vernal Zone Directing Director N/A
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2008 Peek-A-Boo Directing Director N/A
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2007 State of Mind Directing Director N/A
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2007 Paradise Gone Directing Director N/A
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2007 Vortex Directing Director N/A
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2007 Fruit of the Serpent Directing Director N/A
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2007 Scarlet Petals Directing Director N/A
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2007 Incantation Directing Director N/A
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2006 Zoology Directing Director N/A
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2006 Celestial Murmurs Directing Director N/A
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2006 A Poem for Summer Directing Director N/A
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2006 Haunted Directing Director N/A
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2006 Midnight Mass Directing Director N/A
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2006 Sweet Dreams Directing Director N/A
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2005 In the Garden of Eros Directing Director N/A
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2005 NightRise Directing Director N/A
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2005 Atonement Directing Director N/A
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2005 The Prayers of Cupie LaRue Directing Director N/A
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2005 Actors Descending and Ascending a Staircase Directing Director N/A
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2004 Heaven Cannot Hold Them Directing Director N/A
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2004 Day Dreaming Directing Director N/A
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2004 Romance Directing Director N/A
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2003 Miss Philly’s Valentine Directing Director N/A
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2003 Inspiration Directing Director N/A
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2002 Shepherd’s Poem Directing Director N/A
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2002 Wind in My Sails Directing Director N/A
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2000 Boy Toys Directing Director N/A
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2000 Tryst Directing Director N/A
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1998 The Stranger in Apartment 9F Directing Director N/A
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1997 Candy Coated Evil Directing Director N/A
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1997 On a Shore Beneath the Sky Directing Director N/A
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1997 Purgatory Junction Directing Director N/A
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1997 A Widow's Web Directing Director N/A
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1996 The Bristled Dagger Directing Director 59
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1996 Statue in the Park Directing Director N/A
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1995 Cupid’s Infirmary Directing Director N/A
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1995 The Pictures of Dorian Gray Directing Director N/A
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1994 Blue Banshee Directing Director N/A
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1984 Seascape Directing Director N/A
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1984 Fable for a new age Directing Director N/A
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1976 Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults Directing Director 58
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1975 Bloodsucker Directing Director N/A
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1975 Fur of the Field Directing Director N/A
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1972 Didgeridoo Directing Director N/A
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1972 Faraway Places Directing Director N/A
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1970 Abode of the Snows Directing Director N/A
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1970 Tales of the Bronx Directing Director N/A
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1969 Chronicles Directing Director N/A
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1968 Variations Directing Director N/A
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1967 The Craven Sluck Directing Director 59
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1967 Fragments Directing Director N/A
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1966 The Secret of Wendel Samson Directing Director 59
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1966 Green Desire Directing Director N/A
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1965 Sins of the Fleshapoids Directing Director 58
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1964 Born of the Wind Directing Director 58
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1963 Tootsies in Autumn Directing Director 59
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1963 Confessions of Babette Directing Director N/A
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1962 Night of the Bomb 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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Tone Poem Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Kuchar-esque Writing Writer N/A
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2009 Dumped! Writing Writer N/A
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2009 Swan Song Writing Writer 59
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1967 The Craven Sluck Writing Writer 59
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1965 Sins of the Fleshapoids Writing Writer 58
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Production
1965 Sins of the Fleshapoids Production Producer 58
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Camera
1990 Positive Camera Director of Photography 58
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1990 Silence = Death Camera Director of Photography 58
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Crew
1995 The Second Coming Crew Cinematography 58
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1990 Life Is Like a Cucumber Crew Cinematography 59
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1990 Kiss Napoleon Goodbye Crew Cinematography 59
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1975 The Devil's Cleavage Crew Cinematography 58
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1965 Sins of the Fleshapoids Crew Cinematography 58
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Editing
1965 Sins of the Fleshapoids Editing Editor 58
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