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