Mike Kuchar

Mike Kuchar

Directing

Born August 31, 1942 · New York, New York

138 films as director · Active 1956–2024

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…

Known for

It Came from Kuchar

It Came from Kuchar

2009

Cinématon

Cinématon

1978

365 Day Project

365 Day Project

2007

The Creeping Crimson

The Creeping Crimson

1987

The Mammal Palace

The Mammal Palace

1968

Bird, Bath and Beyond

Bird, Bath and Beyond

2004

Divine Trash

Divine Trash

2000

Beaver Fever

Beaver Fever

1974

Directed(138)

2024Kuchar-esque

The Voice in the Man

2023The Voice in the Man

Sunlit Sorcery

2022Sunlit Sorcery

Sunkissed

Pathways

Him in the Night

2019Him in the Night

Inward Bound

2019Inward Bound

Celestial Horizons

2019Celestial Horizons

Street Meat

2018Street Meat

2018Flesh and the Stars

The Season of Shadows and Flame

2018The Season of Shadows and Flame

Soul Catcher

2017Soul Catcher

NightScape

SoulSurfers

2017SoulSurfers

Meat with Bones

2017Meat with Bones

Broken Gods

2017Broken Gods

Keeper of Secrets

2017Keeper of Secrets

Moon Lit Vows

2017Moon Lit Vows

Five O'Clock Shadows

2016Five O'Clock Shadows

Abstracted

Dark Night of the Soul

2016Dark Night of the Soul

Museum of Damaged Art

2015Museum of Damaged Art

A Rented Space

2015A Rented Space

Age of Anxiety

2015Age of Anxiety

Angels We

The Breeze and Him

2015The Breeze and Him

Boy in the Mirror

2015Boy in the Mirror

Wrestling with Angels

2015Wrestling with Angels

Blue Vibrations

2014Blue Vibrations

Chasing Shadows

2014Chasing Shadows

Lost Blues

Adam’s Apple

2014Adam’s Apple★ 1.0

Coffee, Tea and Wizardry

2014Coffee, Tea and Wizardry

Chromatic Effusion

2014Chromatic Effusion

Dreamsville

2014Dreamsville

Summer Sins

2014Summer Sins★ 1.0

Soul Searchers

2014Soul Searchers★ 1.0

SoulMates

2013SoulMates★ 1.0

Ascension

The Dragon’s Son

2013The Dragon’s Son

Devil’s Den

2013Devil’s Den

Fallen Angels

2013Fallen Angels

Happy Birthday!

2013Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

2013Happy Birthday!

Tickled Pink

2012Tickled Pink

Disordered

Meltdown

Starbound

Litany of the Seven Kisses

2011Litany of the Seven Kisses

The Stone Boy

2011The Stone Boy★ 1.0

Free Form Frolic

2011Free Form Frolic

Splatter Movie

2011Splatter Movie

Echo’s Garden

2010Echo’s Garden

Debbie and the Demons

2010Debbie and the Demons

The Dreamer’s Tale

2010The Dreamer’s Tale

Medusa’s Gaze

2010Medusa’s Gaze

Opal Essence

2010Opal Essence★ 1.0

Swan Song

2009Swan Song★ 2.0

The Tiger

Bedeviled

Ephemeral Seizure

2009Ephemeral Seizure★ 1.0

Idyll

Stolen Sweets and Tattle Tales

2009Stolen Sweets and Tattle Tales

Animal

The Vernal Zone

2008The Vernal Zone

A Brief Summer’s Tale

2008A Brief Summer’s Tale

A Dream of Roses

2008A Dream of Roses

The Faery Garden

2008The Faery Garden

Song of the Seven Senses

2008Song of the Seven Senses★ 1.0

Witchery

2008Witchery★ 1.0

Peek-A-Boo

A Midsummer's Nightmare

2008A Midsummer's Nightmare

Incantation

2007Incantation

State of Mind

2007State of Mind

Paradise Gone

2007Paradise Gone

Fruit of the Serpent

2007Fruit of the Serpent

Scarlet Petals

2007Scarlet Petals

Sweet Dreams

2006Sweet Dreams

Celestial Murmurs

2006Celestial Murmurs

Zoology

2006Zoology★ 1.0

A Poem for Summer

2006A Poem for Summer

Haunted

Midnight Mass

2006Midnight Mass

Actors Descending and Ascending a Staircase

2005Actors Descending and Ascending a Staircase

Atonement

NightRise

2005NightRise★ 1.0

The Prayers of Cupie LaRue

2005The Prayers of Cupie LaRue★ 1.0

In the Garden of Eros

2005In the Garden of Eros★ 1.0

Day Dreaming

2004Day Dreaming

Romance

2004Heaven Cannot Hold Them

Miss Philly’s Valentine

2003Miss Philly’s Valentine★ 1.0

2003Inspiration

Shepherd’s Poem

2002Shepherd’s Poem★ 1.0

Wind in My Sails

2002Wind in My Sails

Boy Toys

Tryst

The Stranger in Apartment 9F

1998The Stranger in Apartment 9F

Purgatory Junction

1997Purgatory Junction

Candy Coated Evil

1997Candy Coated Evil

On a Shore Beneath the Sky

1997On a Shore Beneath the Sky

1997A Widow's Web

The Bristled Dagger

1996The Bristled Dagger★ 10.0

Statue in the Park

1996Statue in the Park

Cupid’s Infirmary

1995Cupid’s Infirmary

The Pictures of Dorian Gray

1995The Pictures of Dorian Gray

Blue Banshee

1994Blue Banshee

Seascape

1984Fable for a New Age

Tone Poem

Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults

1976Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults★ 6.0

Bloodsucker

1975Bloodsucker

Fur of the Field

1975Fur of the Field

Didgeridoo

Faraway Places

1972Faraway Places

Abode of the Snows

1970Abode of the Snows

Tales of the Bronx

1970Tales of the Bronx

Chronicles

The Craven Sluck

1967The Craven Sluck★ 6.4

1967Fragments★ 7.0

1966Green Desire★ 10.0

The Secret of Wendel Samson

1966The Secret of Wendel Samson★ 5.0

Sins of the Fleshapoids

1965Sins of the Fleshapoids★ 6.2

Born of the Wind

1964Born of the Wind★ 5.5

1963Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof★ 8.7

1963Tootsies in Autumn★ 5.4

1963Confessions of Babette★ 9.0

1962Night of the Bomb★ 8.0

A Reel of Home Movies

1961A Reel of Home Movies

1960I Was a Teenage Rumpot★ 8.0

1959The Thief and the Stripper★ 10.0

1958The Slasher★ 7.0

1957The Naked and the Nude★ 8.0

A Tub Named Desire

1956A Tub Named Desire★ 10.0

Acting(46)

2023My Morning with Magic MikeSelf

2017Oh Hi AnneHimself

2009It Came from KucharSelf

2009The Unmentionables

2007365 Day ProjectSelf

2006Meet The Kuchar Brothers

2005BIRD IN THE SKYGrandfather

2004Bird, Bath and BeyondSelf

2000Divine TrashSelf

1998Domain of the Pixel PixiesHimself

1995An Evil Town

1994Urchins of Ungawa

1992AwardHimself

1989Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

1989Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

1988Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar

1988Return to the House of PainSelf

1987The Creeping Crimson

1987East by Southwest

1987Video Album 5: The Thursday People

1987Cult of the CubiclesHimself

1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage)

1983George Kuchar: The Comedy of the UndergroundHimself

1978CinématonN°1085

1977George and Mike KucharSelf

1976The Shadow Glass

1974Nudes: A Sketchbook

1974True Blue and Dreamy

1974Beaver Fever

1972Peed Into the Wind

1971Portrait of Ramona

1968Underground New YorkSelf

1968The Mammal Palace

1967Color Me Shameless

1967The UncleanHimself

1966GalaxieSelf

1966The Secret of Wendel SamsonWendel Samson (voice)

1966River Windows

1965Corruption of the Damned

1964Lust for Ecstasy

1963Confessions of BabetteLeonard

1962Sylvia’s Promise

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