Person
Mike Kuchar
Directing · Born 1942-08-31 · 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
It Came from Kuchar
Self
Life Is Like a Cucumber
Cinematography
Silence = Death
Director of Photography
Cinématon
N°1085
365 Day Project
Self
Positive
Director of Photography
Boy Toys
Director
Fable for a New Age
Director
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye
Cinematography
The Creeping Crimson
1987
Filmography
- 2024Kuchar-esqueWriter
- 2023My Morning with Magic MikeSelf
- 2023The Voice in the ManDirector
- 2022Sunlit SorceryDirector
- 2019Celestial HorizonsDirector
- 2019SunkissedDirector
- 2019PathwaysDirector
- 2019Him in the NightDirector
- 2019Inward BoundDirector
- 2018Street MeatDirector
- 2018Flesh and the StarsDirector
- 2018The Season of Shadows and FlameDirector
- 2017NightScapeDirector
- 2017SoulSurfersDirector
- 2017Oh Hi AnneHimself
- 2017Soul CatcherDirector
- 2017Meat with BonesDirector
- 2017Broken GodsDirector
- 2017Keeper of SecretsDirector
- 2017Moon Lit VowsDirector
- 2016Dark Night of the SoulDirector
- 2016AbstractedDirector
- 2016Five O'Clock ShadowsDirector
- 2015Age of AnxietyDirector
- 2015Angels WeDirector
- 2015The Breeze and HimDirector
- 2015Boy in the MirrorDirector
- 2015A Rented SpaceDirector
- 2015Museum of Damaged ArtDirector
- 2015Wrestling with AngelsDirector
- 2014Blue VibrationsDirector
- 2014Adam’s AppleDirector
- 2014Coffee, Tea and WizardryDirector
- 2014Chromatic EffusionDirector
- 2014DreamsvilleDirector
- 2014Summer SinsDirector
- 2014Lost BluesDirector
- 2014Soul SearchersDirector
- 2014Chasing ShadowsDirector
- 2014Rat NestDirector
- 2013AscensionDirector
- 2013The Dragon’s SonDirector
- 2013Devil’s DenDirector
- 2013Fallen AngelsDirector
- 2013SoulMatesDirector
- 2013Happy Birthday!Director
- 2013Happy Birthday!Director
- 2012DisorderedDirector
- 2012Tickled PinkDirector
- 2012MeltdownDirector
- 2012StarboundDirector
- 2011Litany of the Seven KissesDirector
- 2011The Stone BoyDirector
- 2011Free Form FrolicDirector
- 2011Splatter MovieDirector
- 2010Echo’s GardenDirector
- 2010Debbie and the DemonsDirector
- 2010The Dreamer’s TaleDirector
- 2010Medusa’s GazeDirector
- 2010Opal EssenceDirector
- 2010Snow Beard
- 2009It Came from KucharSelf
- 2009BedeviledDirector
- 2009Ephemeral SeizureDirector
- 2009IdyllDirector
- 2009Stolen Sweets and Tattle TalesDirector
- 2009The Unmentionables
- 2009Dumped!Director
- 2009Swan SongDirector
- 2009The TigerDirector
- 2009AnimalDirector
- 2008A Brief Summer’s TaleDirector
- 2008A Dream of RosesDirector
- 2008The Faery GardenDirector
- 2008Song of the Seven SensesDirector
- 2008WitcheryDirector
- 2008A Midsummer's NightmareDirector
- 2008The Vernal ZoneDirector
- 2008Peek-A-BooDirector
- 2007365 Day ProjectSelf
- 2007VortexDirector
- 2007State of MindDirector
- 2007Paradise GoneDirector
- 2007Fruit of the SerpentDirector
- 2007Scarlet PetalsDirector
- 2007IncantationDirector
- 2006Celestial MurmursDirector
- 2006ZoologyDirector
- 2006A Poem for SummerDirector
- 2006HauntedDirector
- 2006Meet The Kuchar Brothers
- 2006Sweet DreamsDirector
- 2006Midnight MassDirector
- 2005AtonementDirector
- 2005NightRiseDirector
- 2005The Prayers of Cupie LaRueDirector
- 2005In the Garden of ErosDirector
- 2005BIRD IN THE SKYGrandfather
- 2005Actors Descending and Ascending a StaircaseDirector
- 2004Heaven Cannot Hold ThemDirector
- 2004Day DreamingDirector
- 2004RomanceDirector
- 2004Bird, Bath and BeyondSelf
- 2003Miss Philly’s ValentineDirector
- 2003InspirationDirector
- 2002Shepherd’s PoemDirector
- 2002Wind in My SailsDirector
- 2000Boy ToysDirector
- 2000Divine TrashSelf
- 2000TrystDirector
- 1998The Stranger in Apartment 9FDirector
- 1998Domain of the Pixel PixiesHimself
- 1997Candy Coated EvilDirector
- 1997On a Shore Beneath the SkyDirector
- 1997Purgatory JunctionDirector
- 1997A Widow's WebDirector
- 1996The Bristled DaggerDirector
- 1996Statue in the ParkDirector
- 1995The Second ComingCinematography
- 1995Cupid’s InfirmaryDirector
- 1995The Pictures of Dorian GrayDirector
- 1995An Evil Town
- 1994Blue BansheeDirector
- 1994Urchins of Ungawa
- 1992AwardHimself
- 1990Life Is Like a CucumberCinematography
- 1990PositiveDirector of Photography
- 1990Silence = DeathDirector of Photography
- 1990Kiss Napoleon GoodbyeCinematography
- 1989Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
- 1989Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
- 1988Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar
- 1988Return to the House of PainSelf
- 1987The Creeping Crimson
- 1987East by Southwest
- 1987Video Album 5: The Thursday People
- 1987Cult of the CubiclesHimself
- 1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage)
- 1984SeascapeDirector
- 1984Fable for a New AgeDirector
- 1984Tone PoemDirector
- 1983George Kuchar: The Comedy of the UndergroundHimself
- 1978CinématonN°1085
- 1977George and Mike KucharSelf
- 1976Seadrift
- 1976The Shadow Glass
- 1976Death Quest of the Ju-Ju CultsDirector
- 1975The Devil's CleavageCinematography
- 1975BloodsuckerDirector
- 1975Magicman
- 1975Fur of the FieldDirector
- 1974Nudes: A Sketchbook
- 1974True Blue and Dreamy
- 1974Beaver Fever
- 1972DidgeridooDirector
- 1972Peed Into the Wind
- 1972Faraway PlacesDirector
- 1971Portrait of Ramona
- 1970Abode of the SnowsDirector
- 1970Tales of the BronxDirector
- 1969Chronicles
- 1968VariationsDirector
- 1968Underground New YorkSelf
- 1968The Mammal Palace
- 1967Color Me Shameless
- 1967The Craven SluckDirector
- 1967FragmentsDirector
- 1967The UncleanHimself
- 1966GalaxieSelf
- 1966The Secret of Wendel SamsonWendel Samson (voice)
- 1966River Windows
- 1966Green DesireDirector
- 1965Corruption of the Damned
- 1965Sins of the FleshapoidsDirector
- 1964Lust for Ecstasy
- 1964Born of the WindDirector
- 1963Tootsies in AutumnDirector
- 1963Pussy on a Hot Tin RoofDirector
- 1963Confessions of BabetteLeonard
- 1962Sylvia’s Promise
- 1962Night of the BombDirector
- 1961A Reel of Home MoviesDirector
- 1960I Was a Teenage RumpotDirector
- 1959The Thief and the StripperDirector
- 1958The SlasherDirector
- 1957The Naked and the NudeDirector
- 1956A Tub Named DesireDirector
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