Filmmakers
List of all the filmmakers in the Underground Film Guide, in the order that they have been added to the database.
Anna Biller
Birth: Unknown
UFG Entry: Viva (2006)
Notes: Has also produced and directed several full-length stage musicals.
Ernie Gehr
Birth: July 20, 1943
UFG Entry: Serene Velocity (1970)
Notes: One of the major contributors to the structuralist film movement of the '70s.
Robin Franzi
Birth: Unknown
UFG Entry: Susan for Now (2007)
Notes: Is a member of Seattle's Sex Positive Community Center.
Bruce Baillie
Birth: September 24, 1931
UFG Entries: Here I Am (1962)
Quick Billy (1971)
Notes: One of the founders of Canyon Cinema, the film distributing co-op.
Richard Kern
Birth: 1954
UFG Entry: Fingered (1986)
Notes: Was a member of the Cinema of Transgression movement in NYC in the early '80s.
Robert Downey Sr.
Birth: 1937
UFG Entry: Putney Swope (1969)
Notes: Father of actor Robert Downey Jr., who first appeared on-screen as a baby in Greaser's Palace.
Damon Packard
Birth: May 4, 1967
UFG Entry: Reflections of Evil (2002)
Notes: Got his first Super8 camera in 1982 with money he won in a video game contest playing Defender.