Mike Kuchar
Directing
Born: 1942-08-31 in 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.
Known For
Underground New York
Self
Seadrift
365 Day Project
Self
Divine Trash
Self
Magicman
The Mammal Palace
Cinématon
N°1085
It Came from Kuchar
Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
River Windows
Color Me Shameless
Peed Into the Wind
Portrait of Ramona
The Creeping Crimson
Galaxie
Self
Nudes: A Sketchbook
Lust for Ecstasy
Snow Beard
BIRD IN THE SKY
Grandfather
Beaver Fever
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
Award
Himself
True Blue and Dreamy
Corruption of the Damned
The Secret of Wendel Samson
Wendel Samson (voice)
The Unmentionables
An Evil Town
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
Urchins of Ungawa
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
Himself
Sylvia’s Promise
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
The Shadow Glass
My Morning with Magic Mike
Self
Cult of the Cubicles
Himself
Oh Hi Anne
Himself
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
Himself