Richard Kern
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 20, 1954
- Birthplace
- Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA
Richard Kern is a New York underground filmmaker, writer and photographer. He first came to underground prominence as part of the underground cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic and experimental films featuring underground personalities of the time such as Lydia Lunch, David Wojnarowicz, Sonic Youth, Kembra Pfahler, and Henry Rollins. Like many of the musicians around him, Kern had a deep interest in the aesthetics of extreme sex, violence, and perversion. He was one of the leading lights of the Cinema of Transgression movement.
Filmography
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over 2019
as Self
Bathtub 2019
Director
F.F.P. 2015
Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber 2015
as Himself
Russian Kiss 2014
Director
Extra Shot by Kern 2014
Director
- The Girl Who Followed Marple
The Girl Who Followed Marple 2014
Director
Shot by Kern 2013
as Self, Director
Medicated 2013
Director, Editor
House Sitter 2013
Director
The Hardcore Collection 2012
as (archive footage), Director
The Advocate for Fagdom 2011
as Self
Face to Panty Ratio 2011
Director
Blank City 2011
as Self
Clean 2011
Director
NYC Foetus 2009
as Himself
Kill the Artist 2007
as Self
Llik Your Idols 2007
as Himself
Extra Action 2007
Director, Producer, Writer
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget 2004
Director
Arakimentari 2004
as Self
New York Underground Collection - Richard Kern 2004
Director
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation 2004
Actor
Cutter 2003
Director
- D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist 2002
as Self - Interviewee
Divine Trash 2000
as Self
The Hardcore Collection 2000
Director
Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV 1999
Director
The Hardcore Collection 1999
Director
Bullet on a Wire 1998
Actor
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York 1997
Actor
- Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent
Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent 1994
Camera Operator
Super 8½ 1994
as Self
My Nightmare 1993
Actor, Director, Writer
Divine Hammer 1993
Director
- No Age New York
No Age New York 1993
as Self
Red Spirit Lake 1993
as Sardonia's Worker
The Bitches 1992
Camera Operator, Director, Writer
The Sewing Circle 1992
Director, Writer
IDn4 1991
as Richard Kern
Goo 1991
Director, Producer, Editor
Catholic 1991
Director, Writer
Tumble 1991
Director, Writer
Horoscope 1991
Director, Writer
Nazi 1991
Director, Writer
American Nightmare 1991
Actor
X Is Y 1990
Director, Writer
The Evil Cameraman 1990
Director, Writer
Sonic Youth: Scooter + Jinx (Moneylove) 1990
Director
Pierce 1990
Director
- We Are Not To Blame
We Are Not To Blame 1989
Actor
Submit to Me Now 1987
Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Fingered 1986
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Sublapse Video Mag 1 1986
Actor
King of Sex 1986
Director, Writer
Thrust in Me 1985
Director, Writer
Worm Movie 1985
Cinematography
Manhattan Love Suicides 1985
Writer, Director
I Hate You Now 1985
Director, Writer
Woman at the Wheel 1985
Director, Writer
Stray Dogs 1985
Director, Writer
You Killed Me First 1985
Director, Writer, Producer
Submit to Me 1985
Actor, Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Right Side of My Brain 1984
Director, Writer, Producer
Destruction 1984
Director, Writer, Editor
- Zombie Hunger 2
Zombie Hunger 2 1984
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography
Zombie Hunger 1984
Director, Writer, Producer
Simonland 1984
Director
American Obsessions 1983
Director
Goodbye 42nd Street 1983
Director
Credits from TMDB.