Mike Kuchar
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.
Acted in
My Morning with Magic Mike
2023
as Self
Oh Hi Anne
2017
as Himself
Snow Beard
2010
It Came from Kuchar
2009
as Self
365 Day Project
2007
Meet The Kuchar Brothers
2006
BIRD IN THE SKY
2005
as Grandfather
Bird, Bath and Beyond
2004
as Self
Divine Trash
2000
as Self
Domain of the Pixel Pixies
1998
as Himself
An Evil Town
1995
Urchins of Ungawa
1994
Award
1992
as Himself
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s
1989
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness
1989
Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar
1988
Return to the House of Pain
1988
as Self
The Creeping Crimson
1987
Video Album 5: The Thursday People
1987
Cult of the Cubicles
1987
as Himself
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
as Self (archive footage)
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground
1983
as Himself
Cinématon
1978
as N°1085
George and Mike Kuchar
1977
as Self
The Shadow Glass
1976
Seadrift
1976
Magicman
1975
Nudes: A Sketchbook
1974
True Blue and Dreamy
1974
Beaver Fever
1974
Peed Into the Wind
1972
Portrait of Ramona
1971
Chronicles
1969
Underground New York
1968
as Self
The Mammal Palace
1968
Color Me Shameless
1967
The Unclean
1967
as Himself
Galaxie
1966
as Self
The Secret of Wendel Samson
1966
as Wendel Samson (voice)
River Windows
1966
Corruption of the Damned
1965
Lust for Ecstasy
1964
Confessions of Babette
1963
as Leonard
Sylvia’s Promise
1962
