George Kuchar - FilmFlow.tv

Biography

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.

Timeline

2024Aged 82

Kuchar-esque
Writer

2018Aged 76

Barbara Walters

2017Aged 75

Himself

2013Aged 71

Self
(ir)reverence
(Unknown)

2011Aged 69

Director
Grandpa
Director
Director

2010Aged 68

Himself
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
(Unknown)
Director
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Director

2009Aged 67

Himself
Director
Director
Professor
(Unknown)
Self
Director
Director
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Director

2008Aged 66

Himself
Self
(Unknown)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
January Jubilee
Director

2007Aged 65

Himself
Self
Self
Self
Director
Director

2006Aged 64

Tomorrow Always Comes
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
Self
Director
Director
Director
Director

2005Aged 63

Himself
George Kuchar
Director
Director

2004Aged 62

(Unknown)
Himself
Director
Director
Director
A Fatal Desire
Director

2003Aged 61

Visitation Rites
Director
Himself
Director
Director
Director

2002Aged 60

Himself
Self

2001Aged 59

Self
Director

2000Aged 58

Himself
Self
Director
Director
Director

1999Aged 57

Director
All Smiles and Sadness
Monologue Narrator
Himself

1998Aged 56

Himself
Banquet speaker
Homeless Man
Self (archive footage)
Director
Thanks

1997Aged 55

Himself
(Unknown)
Director

1996Aged 54

Himself
Himself
Self
Sunset After Dark
George Kilman

1995Aged 53

Director
Grotto of the Gorgons
Director
Director

1994Aged 52

Director
Director
Self
Director
Writer
Nirvana of the Nebbishites
Director
Director
Director
Camera Operator

1993Aged 51

Bayou of the Blue Behemoth
Director
Ann Arbor
Director
Director
Dial A Kvetch
Director
Director
Billion Dollar Bimbo: A Musical
Director
Director
Other

1992Aged 50

Ira
Himself
Himself
George Kuchar Goes to Work with Today's Youth
Director
Impaction of the Igneous
Director
Pilgrimage
Director

1991Aged 49

Indian Summer
Director
Director
Self
Director
Himself
Dialogue of the Devil Dolls
Director
The Fall of the House of Yasmin
Director
Director

1990Aged 48

Director
Himself
Himself
Self
Uncle George
Self
Director
Edibile Atrocities
Director

1989Aged 47

Director
Director
Director
Himself
Himself
Himself
Himself
Writer
Director
Vile Cargo
Director
The Web of Doctor Satan
Director
Director

1988Aged 46

Director
Himself
Return to the House of Pain
Self
L.A. Screening Workshop
Editor
Mecca of the Frigid
Director
Director
Director
Director
Terror by Twilight
Director
Director
Director

1987Aged 45

Himself
East by Southwest
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Insanitorium
Director
Editor
The Muffled Darkness
Director
The Desert Within
Director

1986Aged 44

Himself
Self (archive footage)
Himself
Director
Editor
Editor
Video Album 2
Director
Jane and Mike Visit
Director

1985Aged 43

Mr. Pupik
Christmas 85
Self
Director
Video Album 1
Director
Director

1984Aged 42

Martin
The X-People
Director
Director

1983Aged 41

Himself
Director
Director

1981Aged 39

Director

1980Aged 38

(Unknown)
Director
The Woman And The Dress
Director

1979Aged 37

The Power of the Press
Director
Blips
Director

1978Aged 36

Himself
One Night a Week
Director
Director
Screenplay
Prescrition in Blue
Director

1977Aged 35

George and Mike Kuchar
Self
Wild Night in El Reno
Director
Director
Director

1976Aged 34

(Unknown)
George
(Unknown)
Writer
Set Designer
Director

1975Aged 33

(Unknown)
Bing / Medusa
The Desperate and The Deep
Director
Director

1974Aged 32

(Unknown)
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
Hunk

1973Aged 31

Damon

1972Aged 30

(Unknown)
(Unknown)
Forrest
Director

1971Aged 29

Director

1970Aged 28

(Unknown)
Pagan Rhapsody
Director

1969Aged 27

(Unknown)

1968Aged 26

Encyclopedia of the Blessed
Director
Self
House of the White People
Director
The Mammal Palace
Director
Director
Director

1967Aged 25

(Unknown)
The Unclean
Himself
Morton
Director
Eclipse of the Sun Virgin
Director
The Lady From Sands Point
Director
Director

1966Aged 24

(Unknown)
Writer
(Unknown)
Self
Director
Color Me Lurid
Director

1965Aged 23

Prince Gianbeno
Director

1964Aged 22

Lust for Ecstasy
Father Nelson
(Unknown)
Anita Needs Me
Director
Lovers of Eternity
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1963Aged 21

1962Aged 20

1961Aged 19

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1960Aged 18

I Was a Teenage Rumpot
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1959Aged 17

The Thief and the Stripper
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1958Aged 16

The Slasher
Director

1957Aged 15

The Naked and the Nude
Director

1956Aged 14

Director

Year unknown

Web of Fire
(Unknown)
Director
Dean
Director
Holiday Harbor
Director