Mike Kuchar

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

Cinématon

It Came from Kuchar

Divine Trash

365 Day Project

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

BIRD IN THE SKY

Galaxie

Oh Hi Anne

All Movies (46)

• My Morning with Magic Mike2023 · as Self
• Oh Hi Anne2017 · as Himself
• Snow Beard2010
• It Came from Kuchar2009 · as Self
• The Unmentionables2009
• 365 Day Project2007 · as Self
• Meet The Kuchar Brothers2006
• BIRD IN THE SKY2005 · as Grandfather
• Bird, Bath and Beyond2004 · as Self
• Divine Trash2000 · as Self
• Domain of the Pixel Pixies1998 · as Himself
• An Evil Town1995
• Urchins of Ungawa1994
• Award1992 · as Himself
• Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s1989
• Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness1989
• Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar1988
• Return to the House of Pain1988 · as Self
• The Creeping Crimson1987
• East by Southwest1987
• Video Album 5: The Thursday People1987
• Cult of the Cubicles1987 · as Himself
• He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life1986 · as Self (archive footage)
• George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground1983 · as Himself
• Cinématon1978 · as N°1085
• George and Mike Kuchar1977 · as Self
• Seadrift1976
• The Shadow Glass1976
• Magicman1975
• Nudes: A Sketchbook1974
• True Blue and Dreamy1974
• Beaver Fever1974
• Peed Into the Wind1972
• Portrait of Ramona1971
• Chronicles1969
• Underground New York1968 · as Self
• The Mammal Palace1968
• Color Me Shameless1967
• The Unclean1967 · as Himself
• Galaxie1966 · as Self
• The Secret of Wendel Samson1966 · as Wendel Samson (voice)
• River Windows1966
• Corruption of the Damned1965
• Lust for Ecstasy1964
• Confessions of Babette1963 · as Leonard
• Sylvia’s Promise1962