Mike Kuchar

Mike Kuchar

b. 1942 (age 84) New York, New York

Actor Cinematographer Director

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

The Craven Sluck

The Craven Sluck

Lure of the Woods

Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults

Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults

Purgatory Junction

Filmography

My Morning with Magic Mike

An Afternoon with Mike Kuchar

Adam's Apple

Summer Sins

Soul Searchers

2013 Director Writer Cinematographer

The Beast in Heat

The Breeze You Can't Hold

SoulMates

2011 Director Writer Cinematographer

The Stone Boy

2010 Director Writer

2010 Director Cinematographer

Opal Essence

It Came from Kuchar

It Came from Kuchar

Ephemeral Seizure

Ephemeral Seizure

The Vernal Zone

2008 Director Cinematographer

A Midsummer's Nightmare

2008 Director Cinematographer

Song of the Seven Senses

Song of the Seven Senses

Witchery

Bird in the Sky

Zoology

A Woman Distressed

Confessions of Babette

The Prayers of Cupie LaRue

The Prayers of Cupie LaRue

NightRise

In the Garden of Eros

In the Garden of Eros

Lure of the Woods

2005 Director Writer Cinematographer

Bird, Bath and Beyond

Miss Philly's Valentine

Miss Philly's Valentine

Shepherd's Poem

Shepherd's Poem

Divine Trash

Purgatory Junction

1997 Director Writer

On a Shore Beneath the Sky

1997 Director Writer

An Evil Town

The Second Coming

The Second Coming

1995 Cinematographer

The Pictures of Dorian Gay

1995 Director Cinematographer

Statue in the Park

Silence = Death

Silence = Death

1990 Cinematographer

Kiss Napoleon Goodbye

Kiss Napoleon Goodbye

1990 Cinematographer

Positive

1990 Cinematographer

Life Is Like a Cucumber

Life Is Like a Cucumber

1990 Cinematographer

George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

Nudes: A Sketchbook

Nudes: A Sketchbook

Portrait George and Mike Kuchar

1977 Self Actor

The March on Paris 1914

1977 Cinematographer

Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults

Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults

1976 Director Writer Cinematographer

True Blue and Dreamy

True Blue and Dreamy

The Cloud Tower

Portrait of Ramona

Portrait of Ramona

Tales of the Bronx

The Mammal Palace

The Craven Sluck

The Craven Sluck

1967 Director Writer

Color Me Shameless

Color Me Shameless

The Secret of Wendel Samson

The Secret of Wendel Samson

Corruption of the Damned

Corruption of the Damned

Galaxie

Sins of the Fleshapoids

Sins of the Fleshapoids

1965 Director Cinematographer Writer

Tootsies in Autumn

Tootsies in Autumn

Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof

Lust for Ecstasy

1963 Actor Cinematographer

Born of the Wind

Born of the Wind

Night of the Bomb

Sylvia's Promise

The Wet Destruction of the Atlantic Empire

I Was a Teenage Rumpot

The Thief and the Stripper

The Slasher

The Naked and the Nude

A Tub Named Desire

Daytime Dreamers

Director Cinematographer

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