George Kuchar
Birth: Aug. 31, 1942 (NYC, NY)
Official Website: None
Major Works: Ascension of the Demonoids (1985)
The Nocturnal Immaculation (1980)
I, an Actress (1977)
A Reason to Live (1976)
The Devil’s Cleavage (1973)
Unstrap Me (1968)
Hold Me While I’m Naked (1966)
Corruption Of The Damned (1965)
Notes: Originally co-directed several films with his twin brother, Mike Kuchar, before they started making their separate projects.
Longtime professor at the San Francisco Art Institute where he influenced numerous underground filmmakers, including Sarah Jacobson.
Co-wrote Reflections From a Cinematic Cesspool with his brother Mike.
George and his brother Mike are the subject of the documentary It Came from Kuchar directed by Jennifer Kroot, a former student of George’s.
1992: Recipient of AFI’s Maya Deren Independent Film and Video Artists Award.
Other Resources: IMDB: Profile
Bright Lights Film Journal: Profile
Video Data Bank: Filmography
Video: Camera Tricks: This is George Kuchar
[...] Kroot’s documentary It Came From Kuchar profiles the twin titans of underground filmmaking: George and Mike Kuchar. Kroot, as well as her two subjects, will be in attendance at this screening of her [...]
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[...] Foundation also says it’s helped preserve early 8mm films by underground filmmaking twins George and Mike Kuchar, but doesn’t provide any [...]
[...] and influential underground filmmaker George Kuchar will screen four recent short films, the full list of which is [...]