Filmmakers
Mike Kuchar
Birth: Aug. 31, 1942 (NYC, NY)
Official Website: None
Major Works: The Craven Sluck (1967)
The Secret of Wendel Samson (1966)
Sins of the Fleshapoids (1965)
I Was a Teenage Rumpot (1960)
Notes: Twin brother to underground filmmaker George Kuchar.
Cult filmmaker John Waters has said that Sins of the Fleshapoids is one of his favorite movies of all time.
Is one of the few ’60s members of the “New American Cinema” who has gone on to embrace video and digital filmmaking technologies.
Most of his more recent work is available via the Video Data Bank.
Other Resources: IMDB: Profile
Bad Lit: Posts
Bright Lights Film Journal: Profile
Other Cinema: Interview
Video:
MIKE KUCHAR: interview with the legendary filmmaker at Moviate
[...] also says it’s helped preserve early 8mm films by underground filmmaking twins George and Mike Kuchar, but doesn’t provide any [...]