
Person
Charles Gatewood
Directing · 1942–2016
Biography
Charles Gatewood was a photographer, writer, videographer, artist and educator, who lived and worked in San Francisco, California. His work mapped, provocatively and disturbingly, the subcultures of strippers, sex-club devotees, bikers, body piercers and fetishists.
Known for

Once the Toothpaste Is Out of the Tube - An Art Apart: Charles Gatewood
2015
Dances Sacred and Profane
Himself
Charles Gatewood's Body Shock
Director

Charles Gatewood's Whipped & Shaved / Bloodbath
Director

Charles Gatewood's Weird America
Director

Charles Gatewood's Weird San Francisco
Director

Charles Gatewood's Penetration 2
Director

Charles Gatewood's Erotic Tattooing and Body Piercing IV
Director

Charles Gatewood's Weird Thailand
Himself

Charles Gatewood's Weird Amsterdam
Director
Filmography
- 2015Once the Toothpaste Is Out of the Tube - An Art Apart: Charles Gatewood
- 2002The Gates of GomorrahSelf
- 1993Charles Gatewood's Whipped & Shaved / BloodbathDirector
- 1992Charles Gatewood's Erotic Tattooing and Body Piercing IVDirector
- 1991Charles Gatewood's Penetration 2Director
- 1991Charles Gatewood's Painless Steel IVDirector
- 1990Charles Gatewood's Body ShockDirector
- 1990Charles Gatewood's Weird AmericaDirector
- 1989Charles Gatewood's Weird ThailandHimself
- 1989Charles Gatewood's Weird AmsterdamDirector
- 1988Charles Gatewood's Forbidden Photographs
- 1988Charles Gatewood's Weird San FranciscoDirector
- 1988Charles Gatewood's Weird Bike WeekDirector
- 1985Dances Sacred and ProfaneHimself
- 1985Charles Gatewood's Weird Mardi GrasDirector
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