Mike Kuchar
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 31, 1942
- Birthplace
- New York, New York
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.
Filmography
- Kuchar-esque
Kuchar-esque 2024
Writer, Director
My Morning with Magic Mike 2023
as Self
The Voice in the Man 2023
Director
Sunlit Sorcery 2022
Director
- Age of Awareness
Age of Awareness 2021
Director
Celestial Horizons 2019
Director
- The Guy Next Door
The Guy Next Door 2019
Director
Inward Bound 2019
Director
Him in the Night 2019
Director
Pathways 2019
Director
Sunkissed 2019
Director
Street Meat 2018
Director
The Season of Shadows and Flame 2018
Director
- Flesh and the Stars
Flesh and the Stars 2018
Director
SoulSurfers 2017
Director
NightScape 2017
Director
Moon Lit Vows 2017
Director
Keeper of Secrets 2017
Director
Broken Gods 2017
Director
Meat with Bones 2017
Director
Soul Catcher 2017
Director
Oh Hi Anne 2017
as Himself
Dark Night of the Soul 2016
Director
Abstracted 2016
Director
Five O'Clock Shadows 2016
Director
Boy in the Mirror 2015
Director
The Breeze and Him 2015
Director
Angels We 2015
Director
Age of Anxiety 2015
Director
A Rented Space 2015
Director
Wrestling with Angels 2015
Director
Museum of Damaged Art 2015
Director
Blue Vibrations 2014
Director
Summer Sins 2014
Director
Dreamsville 2014
Director
Chromatic Effusion 2014
Director
Coffee, Tea and Wizardry 2014
Director
Adam’s Apple 2014
Director
Lost Blues 2014
Director
Soul Searchers 2014
Director
Chasing Shadows 2014
Director
- Perplexities
Perplexities 2014
Director
- Rat Nest
Rat Nest 2014
Director
Fallen Angels 2013
Director
Devil’s Den 2013
Director
The Dragon’s Son 2013
Director
Ascension 2013
Director
SoulMates 2013
Director
Happy Birthday! 2013
Director
Happy Birthday! 2013
Director
Disordered 2012
Director
Tickled Pink 2012
Director
Starbound 2012
Director
Meltdown 2012
Director
Litany of the Seven Kisses 2011
Director
Free Form Frolic 2011
Director
The Stone Boy 2011
Director
Splatter Movie 2011
Director
Opal Essence 2010
Director
Medusa’s Gaze 2010
Director
The Dreamer’s Tale 2010
Director
Debbie and the Demons 2010
Director
Echo’s Garden 2010
Director
- Snow Beard
Snow Beard 2010
Actor
It Came from Kuchar 2009
as Self
Stolen Sweets and Tattle Tales 2009
Director
Idyll 2009
Director
Ephemeral Seizure 2009
Director
Bedeviled 2009
Director
Animal 2009
Director
The Tiger 2009
Director
Swan Song 2009
Director, Writer
- Dumped!
Dumped! 2009
Director, Writer
The Unmentionables 2009
Actor
Witchery 2008
Director
Song of the Seven Senses 2008
Director
The Faery Garden 2008
Director
A Dream of Roses 2008
Director
A Brief Summer’s Tale 2008
Director
A Midsummer's Nightmare 2008
Director
Peek-A-Boo 2008
Director
The Vernal Zone 2008
Director
365 Day Project 2007
as Self
Scarlet Petals 2007
Director
Fruit of the Serpent 2007
Director
Paradise Gone 2007
Director
State of Mind 2007
Director
- Vortex
Vortex 2007
Director
Incantation 2007
Director
Haunted 2006
Director
A Poem for Summer 2006
Director
Zoology 2006
Director
Celestial Murmurs 2006
Director
Midnight Mass 2006
Director
Sweet Dreams 2006
Director
Meet The Kuchar Brothers 2006
Actor
In the Garden of Eros 2005
Director
The Prayers of Cupie LaRue 2005
Director
NightRise 2005
Director
Atonement 2005
Director
BIRD IN THE SKY 2005
as Grandfather
Actors Descending and Ascending a Staircase 2005
Director
- Heaven Cannot Hold Them
Heaven Cannot Hold Them 2004
Director
Romance 2004
Director
Day Dreaming 2004
Director
- Bird, Bath and Beyond
Bird, Bath and Beyond 2004
as Self
Miss Philly’s Valentine 2003
Director
- Inspiration
Inspiration 2003
Director
Shepherd’s Poem 2002
Director
Wind in My Sails 2002
Director
- A Big Ass Lust for Speed
A Big Ass Lust for Speed 2001
as mysterious man
Boy Toys 2000
Director
Divine Trash 2000
as Self
Tryst 2000
Director
The Stranger in Apartment 9F 1998
Director
Domain of the Pixel Pixies 1998
as Himself
On a Shore Beneath the Sky 1997
Director
Candy Coated Evil 1997
Director
- A Widow's Web
A Widow's Web 1997
Director
Purgatory Junction 1997
Director
The Bristled Dagger 1996
Director
Statue in the Park 1996
Director
The Second Coming 1995
Cinematography
Cupid’s Infirmary 1995
Director
The Pictures of Dorian Gray 1995
Director
An Evil Town 1995
Actor
Blue Banshee 1994
Director
Urchins of Ungawa 1994
Actor
Award 1992
as Himself
Life Is Like a Cucumber 1990
Cinematography
Positive 1990
Director of Photography
Silence = Death 1990
Director of Photography
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye 1990
Cinematography
Fill Thy Crack with Whiteness 1989
Actor
Pictures at an Exhibitionist’s 1989
Actor
- Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar
Cinématon n°1085 : Mike Kuchar 1988
Actor
- Return to the House of Pain
Return to the House of Pain 1988
as Self
The Creeping Crimson 1987
Actor
Cult of the Cubicles 1987
as Himself
Video Album 5: The Thursday People 1987
Actor
- East by Southwest
East by Southwest 1987
Actor
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life 1986
as Self (archive footage)
Seascape 1984
Director
Tone Poem 1984
Director
- Fable for a New Age
Fable for a New Age 1984
Director
George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground 1983
as Himself
Cinématon 1978
as N°1085
- George and Mike Kuchar
George and Mike Kuchar 1977
as Self
Death Quest of the Ju-Ju Cults 1976
Director
The Shadow Glass 1976
Actor
Seadrift 1976
Actor
The Devil's Cleavage 1975
Cinematography
Bloodsucker 1975
Director
Fur of the Field 1975
Director
- Magicman
Magicman 1975
Actor
Beaver Fever 1974
Actor
True Blue and Dreamy 1974
Actor
Nudes: A Sketchbook 1974
Actor
Didgeridoo 1972
Director
Faraway Places 1972
Director
Peed Into the Wind 1972
Actor
Portrait of Ramona 1971
Actor
Abode of the Snows 1970
Director
Tales of the Bronx 1970
Director
Chronicles 1969
Actor, Director
- Variations
Variations 1968
Director
- The Mammal Palace
The Mammal Palace 1968
Actor
Underground New York 1968
as Self
- Fragments
Fragments 1967
Director
The Craven Sluck 1967
Director, Writer
Color Me Shameless 1967
Actor
- The Unclean
The Unclean 1967
as Himself
Galaxie 1966
as Self
The Secret of Wendel Samson 1966
as Wendel Samson (voice), Director
River Windows 1966
Actor
Green Desire 1965
Director
Corruption of the Damned 1965
Actor
Sins of the Fleshapoids 1965
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
Born of the Wind 1964
Director
- Lust for Ecstasy
Lust for Ecstasy 1964
Actor
- Tootsies in Autumn
Tootsies in Autumn 1963
Director
- Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof 1963
Director
- Confessions of Babette
Confessions of Babette 1963
as Leonard, Director
- Night of the Bomb
Night of the Bomb 1962
Director
- Sylvia’s Promise
Sylvia’s Promise 1962
Actor
A Reel of Home Movies 1961
Director
- I Was a Teenage Rumpot
I Was a Teenage Rumpot 1960
Director
- The Thief and the Stripper
The Thief and the Stripper 1959
Director
- The Slasher
The Slasher 1958
Director
- The Naked and the Nude
The Naked and the Nude 1957
Director
A Tub Named Desire 1956
Director
Credits from TMDB.