Filmmakers
Richard Kern
Birth: 1954 (Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina)
Official Website: RichardKern.com
Major Works: My Nightmare (1993)
The Bitches (1992)
Sewing Circle (1992)
Horoscope (1991)
Nazi (1991)
Tumble (1991)
The Evil Cameraman (1990)
Money Love (1990)
Pierce (1990)
X Is Y (1990)
Submit to Me Now (1987)
Death Valley 69 (1986)
Fingered (1986)
Goodbye 42nd Street (1986)
King of Sex (1986)
I Hate You Now (1985)
The Right Side of My Brain (1985)
Stray Dogs (1985)
Submit to Me (1985)
Thrust in Me (1985)
Woman at the Wheel (1985)
You Killed Me First (1985)
Notes: Was a member of the Cinema of Transgression movement in NYC in the early ’80s and collaborated on Thrust in Me with Nick Zedd.
Has pretty much given up filmmaking for photography.
Published several issues of the zine The Heroin Addict, which was later renamed The Valium Addict.
Has directed several music videos for Sonic Youth, King Missile and Marilyn Manson.
Other Resources: IMDB: Profile
Wikipedia: Bio and info
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Today starts in Lausanne the retrospective of his excellent films, at the LUFF.
Actually, Kern’s two retrospectives are on Oct. 18 & 19, 2008. I’ll have the lineup on Bad Lit in a day or two.