Mike Kuchar
Born
August 31, 1942 (82 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
New York, New York
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
My Morning with Magic Mike
Self
2023
Oh Hi Anne
Himself
2017
Snow Beard
2010
It Came from Kuchar
Self
2009
365 Day Project
2007
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
BIRD IN THE SKY
Grandfather
2005
Bird, Bath and Beyond
Self
2004
Divine Trash
Self
2000
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
Himself
1998
An Evil Town
1995
Urchins of Ungawa
1994
Award
Himself
1992
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989
Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar
1988
Return to the House of Pain
Self
1988
The Creeping Crimson
1987
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1987
Cult of the Cubicles
Himself
1987
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
1986
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
Himself
1983
Cinématon
N°1085
1978
George and Mike Kuchar
Self
1977
Seadrift
1976
The Shadow Glass
1976
Magicman
1975
Nudes: A Sketchbook
1974
True Blue and Dreamy
1974
Beaver Fever
1974
Peed Into the Wind
1972
Portrait of Ramona
1971
Chronicles
1969
Underground New York
Self
1968
The Mammal Palace
1968
Color Me Shameless
1967
The Unclean
Himself
1967
Galaxie
Self
1966
River Windows
1966
East by Southwest
The Secret of Wendel Samson
Wendel Samson (voice)
1966
Corruption of the Damned
1965
Lust for Ecstasy
1964
Confessions of Babette
Leonard
1963
Sylvia’s Promise
1962