Mike Kuchar
Birthday: 1942-08-31
Place of Birth: New York, New York
Biography: 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.
Movies
Seadrift
Seadrift is based on a story The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft, and was shot partially in ...
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The Shadow Glass
The Shadow Glass is roughly based on Ewers' 'Student of Prague'. It concerns a young man who, feelin...
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River Windows
"A film counterpointing the hard reality of the present with the fantastic actuality or imagining of...
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George and Mike Kuchar
Portrait of siblings George and Mike Kuchar, who have made a name for themselves in the US undergrou...
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Nudes: A Sketchbook
"Curt McDowell's NUDES (A Sketchbook) is a paean to the filmmaker's closest friends: a series of por...
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Peed Into the Wind
An hour-long saga of Mick Terrific, rock 'n' roll star, and the cast of 50 he encounters on his sear...
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Return to the House of Pain
Return to the House of Pain documents my walking through the turf and sludge of the Big Apple and ma...
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Galaxie
In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his...
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Underground New York
A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbul...
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Color Me Shameless
Made when I was a bit depressed which is nothing new,. Bob Cowan happened to be depressed as well an...
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Snow Beard
A moving tribute to New York icon Mike Kuchar, filmed on his last day before leaving Manhattan to re...
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East by Southwest
A trip to Boston to visit a local filmmaker in his studio is followed by a journey to the cinematic ...
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True Blue and Dreamy
A real and favorite dream of mine, preserved on film to be relived over and over....
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Video Album 5: The Thursday People
The comings and goings of the late underground filmmaker, Curt McDowell—and the people and activitie...
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365 Day Project
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calenda...
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Confessions of Babette
An early masterpiece by Mike Kuchar, in which Babette tells all, leaving no turgid stone unturned....
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Lust for Ecstasy
“LUST FOR ECSTASY is my most ambitious attempt since my last film…. I wrote many of the pungent scen...
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Corruption of the Damned
Corruption of the Damned might seethe with violence and sex, the two most attractive things you can ...
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George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
A documentary portrait of filmmaker George Kuchar conducting a tour of his apartment where he displa...
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An Evil Town
Based on a short story by Charles Bukowski from the collection "Tales of Ordinary Madness."...
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Divine Trash
The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters....
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surro...
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It Came from Kuchar
It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaki...
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Meet The Kuchar Brothers
Provides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking brothers fr...
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Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
A wide-ranging look at pictures I collect on my walls and in my head. A look at pictures I concoct w...
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Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
A music-filled tour of Christmas good cheer overtakes this gastronomically oriented excursion throug...
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The Secret of Wendel Samson
A young man's struggle with his sexuality overtakes his life, driving him deep into his subconscious...
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Portrait of Ramona
This movie was made mostly in Brooklyn during some very hot and empty evenings. Since the evenings w...
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Urchins of Ungawa
In a garden of roses and memorabilia from darkest Africa, a man and woman ponder the joy of cooking ...
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Bird, Bath and Beyond
In this dream-portrait, Mike Kuchar floats through his memories as the sea, space and sky drift past...
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Oh Hi Anne
An epic tale of love and loss. Made using voicemails the Kuchar brothers left on her home answering ...
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Beaver Fever
Starring George Kuchar as "Hunk", Mrs. Ruby B. Davis as "Aunt Ruth", and introducing Melida McDowell...
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Chronicles
Mike Kuchar'ss lyrical portrait of everyday life, from making art to making love, all as the Vietnam...
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Cinématon
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest...
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The Mammal Palace
The movie takes a rather negative look at things despite the fact that it was shot in reversal film....
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Cult of the Cubicles
Writes Kuchar: "It's New York in the summer and I set out to track down some high school friends who...
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Award
A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubila...
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Domain of the Pixel Pixies
Sort of a portrait of the videomaker Anne McQuire, who surfaces midway from this waterlogged landsca...
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BIRD IN THE SKY
BIRD IN THE SKY is a gritty, poetic tale of a young man’s spiritual struggle on the streets of New ...
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The Unmentionables
Frisco anxiously awaits the pyrotechnic birth of a New Year while the remnants of holiday greenery s...
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