Mike Kuchar
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 | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.423 |
| Birthday | 1942-08-31 |
| Place of Birth | New York, New York |
| Also Known As |
1966
Galaxie
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In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H. Au...
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Galaxie
1967
Color Me Shameless
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Color Me Shameless
2010
Snow Beard
0/0
A moving tribute to New York icon Mike Kuchar, filmed on his last day before leaving Manhattan to relocate to San Francisco
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Snow Beard
1974
True Blue and Dreamy
2/1
"A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle In...
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True Blue and Dreamy
1987
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
0/0
The comings and goings of the late underground filmmaker, Curt McDowell—and the people and activities that came and went along with him—are the themes...
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Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1965
Corruption of the Damned
5/2
Corruption of the Damned might seethe with violence and sex, the two most attractive things you can put on the screen, but beneath them a twisted outl...
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Corruption of the Damned
1962
Sylvia’s Promise
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(1962) Color, Sound, 9 min.
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Sylvia’s Promise
1963
Confessions of Babette
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An early masterpiece by Mike Kuchar, in which Babette tells all, leaving no turgid stone unturned.
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Confessions of Babette
1964
Lust for Ecstasy
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“LUST FOR ECSTASY is my most ambitious attempt since my last film…. I wrote many of the pungent scenes on the D train, and when I arrived on the set I...
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Lust for Ecstasy
1983
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
7/3
A documentary portrait of filmmaker George Kuchar conducting a tour of his apartment where he displays memorabilia and his toys which were used for pr...
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George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
1995
An Evil Town
5.2/5
Based on a short story by Charles Bukowski from the collection "Tales of Ordinary Madness."
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An Evil Town
2000
Divine Trash
7.3/33
The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters.
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Divine Trash
1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
8/7
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
2009
It Came from Kuchar
7/9
It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike Kuc...
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It Came from Kuchar
2006
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
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Provides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking brothers from the Bronx. Get to know the Kuchars, casually ha...
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Meet The Kuchar Brothers
1989
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
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A wide-ranging look at pictures I collect on my walls and in my head. A look at pictures I concoct with my students at the San Francisco Art Institute...
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Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
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A music-filled tour of Christmas good cheer overtakes this gastronomically oriented excursion through the winter season of discontent and yuletime yea...
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Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1966
The Secret of Wendel Samson
5/7
A young man's struggle with his sexuality overtakes his life, driving him deep into his subconscious where guilt and fears of physicality chase him st...
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The Secret of Wendel Samson
1971
Portrait of Ramona
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This movie was made mostly in Brooklyn during some very hot and empty evenings. Since the evenings were so empty, Jane Elford, the star, urged me to g...
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Portrait of Ramona
1994
Urchins of Ungawa
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In a garden of roses and memorabilia from darkest Africa, a man and woman ponder the joy of cooking and the companionship of cats. Goodies for the gut...
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Urchins of Ungawa
2004
Bird, Bath and Beyond
5/1
In this dream-portrait, Mike Kuchar floats through his memories as the sea, space and sky drift past. Wrapped in odd costumes, he frolics with the ima...
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Bird, Bath and Beyond
1987
The Creeping Crimson
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A short film by George Kuchar.
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The Creeping Crimson
2017
Oh Hi Anne
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An epic tale of love and loss. Made using voicemails the Kuchar brothers left on her home answering machine, the artist reveals George and Mike in all...
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Oh Hi Anne
1974
Beaver Fever
2/1
A short comedy by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.
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Beaver Fever
1969
Chronicles
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Mike Kuchar'ss lyrical portrait of everyday life, from making art to making love, all as the Vietnam War rages.
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Chronicles
1968
The Mammal Palace
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The movie takes a rather negative look at things despite the fact that it was shot in reversal film. It depicts the turbulent relationships of disturb...
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The Mammal Palace
1978
Cinématon
4.3/6
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 y...
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Cinématon
1987
Cult of the Cubicles
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Writes Kuchar: "It's New York in the summer and I set out to track down some high school friends who have burrowed deep into the 'big apple.' The view...
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Cult of the Cubicles
1992
Award
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A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.
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Award
1998
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
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Sort of a portrait of the videomaker Anne McQuire, who surfaces midway from this waterlogged landscape of El Nino disasters to dispense charm and choc...
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Domain of the Pixel Pixies
1975
Magicman
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A ritualistic mood piece with colour-rich images
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Magicman
1988
Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar
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Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar
2005
BIRD IN THE SKY
10/2
BIRD IN THE SKY is a gritty, poetic tale of a young man’s spiritual struggle on the streets of New York City. Rob has been given a second chance to r...
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BIRD IN THE SKY
1976
Seadrift
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Seadrift is based on a story The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft, and was shot partially in Marblehead Mass. Each section represents a synthes...
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Seadrift
1976
The Shadow Glass
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The Shadow Glass is roughly based on Ewers' 'Student of Prague'. It concerns a young man who, feeling incapable of surmounting the harsh realities of...
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The Shadow Glass
1966
River Windows
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"A film counterpointing the hard reality of the present with the fantastic actuality or imagining of the idyllic past. This is best realized in the ha...
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River Windows
1977
George and Mike Kuchar
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George and Mike Kuchar
1974
Nudes: A Sketchbook
1/1
A series of vignettes illustrating sexual fantasies.
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Nudes: A Sketchbook
1972
Peed Into the Wind
1/0
“PEED INTO THE WIND smears across the screen like one of those dirty underground comic books. It’s loaded with a lot of big scenes and unusual looking...
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Peed Into the Wind
1968
Underground New York
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A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbulent time and place that was to change American cul...
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Underground New York
2023
My Morning with Magic Mike
5/1
A visit with the inimitable Mike Kuchar.
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My Morning with Magic Mike
1988
Return to the House of Pain
0/0
Return to the House of Pain documents my walking through the turf and sludge of the Big Apple and many worm holes... I chomp my way back west and gnaw...
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Return to the House of Pain
1967
The Unclean
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Lost film featuring vignettes of individual couples in a bathtub
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The Unclean
East by Southwest
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A trip to Boston to visit a local filmmaker in his studio is followed by a journey to the cinematic facilities of SUNY College in Purchase, NY, and th...
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