Mike Kuchar

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

45

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-08-31 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

New York, New York

Mike Kuchar

Biography

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.

Known For

  • River Windows

    River Windows

  • Sylvia’s Promise

    Sylvia’s Promise

  • Confessions of Babette

    Confessions of Babette

  • Corruption of the Damned

    Corruption of the Damned

  • Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

  • Meet The Kuchar Brothers

    Meet The Kuchar Brothers

  • An Evil Town

    An Evil Town

  • East by Southwest

    East by Southwest

  • Portrait of Ramona

    Portrait of Ramona

  • The Shadow Glass

    The Shadow Glass

  • Return to the House of Pain

    Return to the House of Pain

  • Domain of the Pixel Pixies

    Domain of the Pixel Pixies

  • Beaver Fever

    Beaver Fever

  • 365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

  • George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

    George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

  • Chronicles

    Chronicles

  • Galaxie

    Galaxie

  • The Mammal Palace

    The Mammal Palace

  • Urchins of Ungawa

    Urchins of Ungawa

  • Color Me Shameless

    Color Me Shameless

  • BIRD IN THE SKY

    BIRD IN THE SKY

  • True Blue and Dreamy

    True Blue and Dreamy

  • The Unclean

    The Unclean

  • Award

    Award

  • Divine Trash

    Divine Trash

  • George and Mike Kuchar

    George and Mike Kuchar

  • Cinématon

    Cinématon

  • Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

    Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s

  • It Came from Kuchar

    It Came from Kuchar

  • My Morning with Magic Mike

    My Morning with Magic Mike

  • The Creeping Crimson

    The Creeping Crimson

  • The Secret of Wendel Samson

    The Secret of Wendel Samson

  • Underground New York

    Underground New York

  • Cult of the Cubicles

    Cult of the Cubicles

  • Oh Hi Anne

    Oh Hi Anne

  • Nudes: A Sketchbook

    Nudes: A Sketchbook

  • He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

  • Lust for Ecstasy

    Lust for Ecstasy

  • Seadrift

    Seadrift

  • Snow Beard

    Snow Beard

  • Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar

    Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar

  • Bird, Bath and Beyond

    Bird, Bath and Beyond

  • Magicman

    Magicman

  • Video Album 5: The Thursday People

    Video Album 5: The Thursday People

  • Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness

    Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness