Mike Kuchar
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-08-31 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
New York, New York
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.
Acting
(2023)
My Morning with Magic Mike
as Self
(2017)
Oh Hi Anne
as Himself
(2010)
(2009)
It Came from Kuchar
as Self
(2007)
(2006)
(2005)
BIRD IN THE SKY
as Grandfather
(2004)
Bird, Bath and Beyond
as Self
(2000)
Divine Trash
as Self
(1998)
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
as Himself
(1995)
(1994)
(1992)
Award
as Himself
(1989)
(1989)
(1988)
Return to the House of Pain
as Self
(1988)
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
Cult of the Cubicles
as Himself
(1986)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
(1978)
Cinématon
as N°1085
(1977)
George and Mike Kuchar
as Self
(1976)
(1976)
(1975)
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
(1972)
(1971)
(1969)
(1968)
Underground New York
as Self
(1968)
(1967)
The Unclean
as Himself
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
Galaxie
as Self
(1966)
The Secret of Wendel Samson
as Wendel Samson (voice)
(1965)
(1964)
(1963)
Confessions of Babette
as Leonard
(1962)
Crew
Tone Poem
Director
(2024)
Kuchar-esque
Writer, Director
(2019)
Sunkissed
Director
(2019)
Pathways
Director
(2019)
Him in the Night
Director
(2019)
Inward Bound
Director
(2019)
Celestial Horizons
Director
(2018)
Street Meat
Director
(2018)
Flesh and the Stars
Director
(2018)
The Season of Shadows and Flame
Director
(2017)
Soul Catcher
Director
(2017)
NightScape
Director
(2017)
SoulSurfers
Director
(2017)
Meat with Bones
Director
(2017)
Broken Gods
Director
(2017)
Keeper of Secrets
Director
(2017)
Moon Lit Vows
Director
(2016)
Five O'Clock Shadows
Director
(2016)
Abstracted
Director
(2016)
Dark Night of the Soul
Director
(2015)
Museum of Damaged Art
Director
(2015)
A Rented Space
Director
(2015)
Age of Anxiety
Director
(2015)
Angels We
Director
(2015)
The Breeze and Him
Director
(2015)
Boy in the Mirror
Director
(2015)
Wrestling with Angels
Director
(2014)
Blue Vibrations
Director
(2014)
Chasing Shadows
Director
(2014)
Lost Blues
Director
(2014)
Adam’s Apple
Director
(2014)
Coffee, Tea and Wizardry
Director
(2014)
Chromatic Effusion
Director
(2014)
Dreamsville
Director
(2014)
Summer Sins
Director
(2014)
Soul Searchers
Director
(2014)
Rat Nest
Director
(2013)
SoulMates
Director
(2013)
Ascension
Director
(2013)
The Dragon’s Son
Director
(2013)
Devil’s Den
Director
(2013)
Fallen Angels
Director
(2013)
Happy Birthday!
Director
(2013)
Happy Birthday!
Director
(2012)
Tickled Pink
Director
(2012)
Disordered
Director
(2012)
Meltdown
Director
(2011)
Litany of the Seven Kisses
Director
(2011)
The Stone Boy
Director
(2011)
Free Form Frolic
Director
(2011)
Splatter Movie
Director
(2010)
Echo’s Garden
Director
(2010)
Debbie and the Demons
Director
(2010)
The Dreamer’s Tale
Director
(2010)
Medusa’s Gaze
Director
(2010)
Opal Essence
Director
(2009)
Dumped!
Director, Writer
(2009)
Swan Song
Director, Writer
(2009)
The Tiger
Director
(2009)
Bedeviled
Director
(2009)
Ephemeral Seizure
Director
(2009)
Idyll
Director
(2009)
Stolen Sweets and Tattle Tales
Director
(2009)
Animal
Director
(2008)
The Vernal Zone
Director
(2008)
A Brief Summer’s Tale
Director
(2008)
A Dream of Roses
Director
(2008)
The Faery Garden
Director
(2008)
Song of the Seven Senses
Director
(2008)
Witchery
Director
(2008)
Peek-A-Boo
Director
(2008)
A Midsummer's Nightmare
Director
(2007)
Incantation
Director
(2007)
Vortex
Director
(2007)
State of Mind
Director
(2007)
Paradise Gone
Director
(2007)
Fruit of the Serpent
Director
(2007)
Scarlet Petals
Director
(2006)
Sweet Dreams
Director
(2006)
Celestial Murmurs
Director
(2006)
Zoology
Director
(2006)
A Poem for Summer
Director
(2006)
Haunted
Director
(2006)
Midnight Mass
Director
(2005)
(2005)
Atonement
Director
(2005)
NightRise
Director
(2005)
The Prayers of Cupie LaRue
Director
(2005)
In the Garden of Eros
Director
(2004)
Day Dreaming
Director
(2004)
Romance
Director
(2004)
Heaven Cannot Hold Them
Director
(2003)
Miss Philly’s Valentine
Director
(2003)
Inspiration
Director
(2002)
Shepherd’s Poem
Director
(2002)
Wind in My Sails
Director
(2000)
Boy Toys
Director
(2000)
Tryst
Director
(1998)
The Stranger in Apartment 9F
Director
(1997)
Purgatory Junction
Director
(1997)
Candy Coated Evil
Director
(1997)
On a Shore Beneath the Sky
Director
(1997)
A Widow's Web
Director
(1996)
The Bristled Dagger
Director
(1996)
Statue in the Park
Director
(1995)
Cupid’s Infirmary
Director
(1995)
The Second Coming
Cinematography
(1995)
The Pictures of Dorian Gray
Director
(1994)
Blue Banshee
Director
(1990)
Positive
Director of Photography
(1990)
Silence = Death
Director of Photography
(1990)
Life Is Like a Cucumber
Cinematography
(1990)
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye
Cinematography
(1984)
Seascape
Director
(1984)
Fable for a new age
Director
(1976)
Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults
Director
(1975)
The Devil's Cleavage
Cinematography
(1975)
Bloodsucker
Director
(1975)
Fur of the Field
Director
(1972)
Didgeridoo
Director
(1972)
Faraway Places
Director
(1970)
Abode of the Snows
Director
(1970)
Tales of the Bronx
Director
(1969)
Chronicles
Director
(1968)
Variations
Director
(1967)
The Craven Sluck
Director, Writer
(1967)
Fragments
Director
(1966)
Green Desire
Director
(1966)
The Secret of Wendel Samson
Director
(1965)
Sins of the Fleshapoids
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Producer
(1964)
Born of the Wind
Director
(1963)
Tootsies in Autumn
Director
(1963)
Confessions of Babette
Director
(1962)
Night of the Bomb
Director
(1961)
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
Director
(1961)
A Reel of Home Movies
Director
(1960)
I Was a Teenage Rumpot
Director
(1959)
The Thief and the Stripper
Director
(1958)
The Slasher
Director
(1957)
The Naked and the Nude
Director
(1956)
A Tub Named Desire
Director