Mike Kuchar
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 31, 1942 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2023 | My Morning with Magic MikeSelf | |
| 2017 | Oh Hi AnneHimself | |
| 2010 | Snow Beard | |
| 2009 | It Came from KucharSelf | |
| 2009 | The Unmentionables | |
| 2007 | 365 Day ProjectSelf | |
| 2006 | Meet The Kuchar Brothers | |
| 2005 | BIRD IN THE SKYGrandfather | |
| 2004 | Bird, Bath and BeyondSelf | |
| 2000 | Divine TrashSelf | |
| 1998 | Domain of the Pixel PixiesHimself | |
| 1995 | An Evil Town | |
| 1994 | Urchins of Ungawa | |
| 1992 | AwardHimself | |
| 1989 | Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s | |
| 1989 | Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness | |
| 1988 | Return to the House of PainSelf | |
| 1988 | Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar | |
| 1987 | East by Southwest | |
| 1987 | Video Album 5: The Thursday People | |
| 1987 | The Creeping Crimson | |
| 1987 | Cult of the CubiclesHimself | |
| 1986 | He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1983 | George Kuchar: The Comedy of the UndergroundHimself | |
| 1978 | CinématonN°1085 | |
| 1977 | George and Mike KucharSelf | |
| 1976 | Seadrift | |
| 1976 | The Shadow Glass | |
| 1975 | Magicman | |
| 1974 | Nudes: A Sketchbook | |
| 1974 | True Blue and Dreamy | |
| 1974 | Beaver Fever | |
| 1972 | Peed Into the Wind | |
| 1971 | Portrait of Ramona | |
| 1969 | Chronicles | |
| 1968 | Underground New YorkSelf | |
| 1968 | The Mammal Palace | |
| 1967 | The UncleanHimself | |
| 1967 | Color Me Shameless | |
| 1966 | River Windows | |
| 1966 | GalaxieSelf | |
| 1966 | The Secret of Wendel SamsonWendel Samson (voice) | |
| 1965 | Corruption of the Damned | |
| 1964 | Lust for Ecstasy | |
| 1963 | Confessions of BabetteLeonard | |
| 1962 | Sylvia’s Promise |
| 1965 | Sins of the FleshapoidsProducer |
| 2024 | Kuchar-esqueDirector | |
| 2023 | The Voice in the ManDirector | |
| 2022 | Sunlit SorceryDirector | |
| 2019 | Celestial HorizonsDirector | |
| 2019 | SunkissedDirector | |
| 2019 | Inward BoundDirector | |
| 2019 | Him in the NightDirector | |
| 2019 | PathwaysDirector | |
| 2018 | Street MeatDirector | |
| 2018 | The Season of Shadows and FlameDirector | |
| 2018 | Flesh and the StarsDirector | |
| 2017 | SoulSurfersDirector | |
| 2017 | Soul CatcherDirector | |
| 2017 | Meat with BonesDirector | |
| 2017 | NightScapeDirector | |
| 2017 | Moon Lit VowsDirector | |
| 2017 | Broken GodsDirector | |
| 2017 | Keeper of SecretsDirector | |
| 2016 | Five O'Clock ShadowsDirector | |
| 2016 | AbstractedDirector | |
| 2016 | Dark Night of the SoulDirector | |
| 2015 | Museum of Damaged ArtDirector | |
| 2015 | A Rented SpaceDirector | |
| 2015 | Age of AnxietyDirector | |
| 2015 | Angels WeDirector | |
| 2015 | Boy in the MirrorDirector | |
| 2015 | The Breeze and HimDirector | |
| 2015 | Wrestling with AngelsDirector | |
| 2014 | Blue VibrationsDirector | |
| 2014 | Lost BluesDirector | |
| 2014 | Chasing ShadowsDirector | |
| 2014 | Adam’s AppleDirector | |
| 2014 | Chromatic EffusionDirector | |
| 2014 | Coffee, Tea and WizardryDirector | |
| 2014 | DreamsvilleDirector | |
| 2014 | Summer SinsDirector | |
| 2014 | Soul SearchersDirector | |
| 2014 | Rat NestDirector | |
| 2013 | SoulMatesDirector | |
| 2013 | AscensionDirector | |
| 2013 | Devil’s DenDirector | |
| 2013 | The Dragon’s SonDirector | |
| 2013 | Fallen AngelsDirector | |
| 2013 | Happy Birthday!Director | |
| 2013 | Happy Birthday!Director | |
| 2012 | Tickled PinkDirector | |
| 2012 | DisorderedDirector | |
| 2012 | MeltdownDirector | |
| 2012 | StarboundDirector | |
| 2011 | Litany of the Seven KissesDirector | |
| 2011 | Free Form FrolicDirector | |
| 2011 | The Stone BoyDirector | |
| 2011 | Splatter MovieDirector | |
| 2010 | Debbie and the DemonsDirector | |
| 2010 | The Dreamer’s TaleDirector | |
| 2010 | Echo’s GardenDirector | |
| 2010 | Medusa’s GazeDirector | |
| 2010 | Opal EssenceDirector | |
| 2009 | Dumped!Director | |
| 2009 | Swan SongDirector | |
| 2009 | The TigerDirector | |
| 2009 | BedeviledDirector | |
| 2009 | Ephemeral SeizureDirector | |
| 2009 | IdyllDirector | |
| 2009 | Stolen Sweets and Tattle TalesDirector | |
| 2009 | AnimalDirector | |
| 2008 | The Vernal ZoneDirector | |
| 2008 | A Brief Summer’s TaleDirector | |
| 2008 | A Dream of RosesDirector | |
| 2008 | The Faery GardenDirector | |
| 2008 | Song of the Seven SensesDirector | |
| 2008 | WitcheryDirector | |
| 2008 | Peek-A-BooDirector | |
| 2008 | A Midsummer's NightmareDirector | |
| 2007 | VortexDirector | |
| 2007 | IncantationDirector | |
| 2007 | Fruit of the SerpentDirector | |
| 2007 | Paradise GoneDirector | |
| 2007 | Scarlet PetalsDirector | |
| 2007 | State of MindDirector | |
| 2006 | Sweet DreamsDirector | |
| 2006 | Celestial MurmursDirector | |
| 2006 | HauntedDirector | |
| 2006 | A Poem for SummerDirector | |
| 2006 | ZoologyDirector | |
| 2006 | Midnight MassDirector | |
| 2005 | Actors Descending and Ascending a StaircaseDirector | |
| 2005 | AtonementDirector | |
| 2005 | In the Garden of ErosDirector | |
| 2005 | NightRiseDirector | |
| 2005 | The Prayers of Cupie LaRueDirector | |
| 2004 | Day DreamingDirector | |
| 2004 | RomanceDirector | |
| 2004 | Heaven Cannot Hold ThemDirector | |
| 2003 | Miss Philly’s ValentineDirector | |
| 2003 | InspirationDirector | |
| 2002 | Shepherd’s PoemDirector | |
| 2002 | Wind in My SailsDirector | |
| 2000 | Boy ToysDirector | |
| 2000 | TrystDirector | |
| 1998 | The Stranger in Apartment 9FDirector | |
| 1997 | Purgatory JunctionDirector | |
| 1997 | Candy Coated EvilDirector | |
| 1997 | On a Shore Beneath the SkyDirector | |
| 1997 | A Widow's WebDirector | |
| 1996 | The Bristled DaggerDirector | |
| 1996 | Statue in the ParkDirector | |
| 1995 | Cupid’s InfirmaryDirector | |
| 1995 | The Pictures of Dorian GrayDirector | |
| 1994 | Blue BansheeDirector | |
| 1984 | SeascapeDirector | |
| 1984 | Fable for a New AgeDirector | |
| 1984 | Tone PoemDirector | |
| 1976 | Death Quest of the Ju-Ju CultsDirector | |
| 1975 | BloodsuckerDirector | |
| 1975 | Fur of the FieldDirector | |
| 1972 | DidgeridooDirector | |
| 1972 | Faraway PlacesDirector | |
| 1970 | Abode of the SnowsDirector | |
| 1970 | Tales of the BronxDirector | |
| 1969 | ChroniclesDirector | |
| 1968 | VariationsDirector | |
| 1967 | The Craven SluckDirector | |
| 1967 | FragmentsDirector | |
| 1966 | Green DesireDirector | |
| 1966 | The Secret of Wendel SamsonDirector | |
| 1965 | Sins of the FleshapoidsDirector | |
| 1964 | Born of the WindDirector | |
| 1963 | Pussy on a Hot Tin RoofDirector | |
| 1963 | Tootsies in AutumnDirector | |
| 1963 | Confessions of BabetteDirector | |
| 1962 | Night of the BombDirector | |
| 1961 | A Reel of Home MoviesDirector | |
| 1960 | I Was a Teenage RumpotDirector | |
| 1959 | The Thief and the StripperDirector | |
| 1958 | The SlasherDirector | |
| 1957 | The Naked and the NudeDirector | |
| 1956 | A Tub Named DesireDirector |
| 2024 | Kuchar-esqueWriter | |
| 2009 | Dumped!Writer | |
| 2009 | Swan SongWriter | |
| 1967 | The Craven SluckWriter | |
| 1965 | Sins of the FleshapoidsWriter |
| 1995 | The Second ComingCinematography | |
| 1990 | Life Is Like a CucumberCinematography | |
| 1990 | Kiss Napoleon GoodbyeCinematography | |
| 1975 | The Devil's CleavageCinematography |