Curt McDowell

Directing

January 9, 1945 — June 3, 1987Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Curt McDowell worked in San Francisco from the late 1960s until his death in 1987 – a period that witnessed the Summer of Love, gay liberation, and the onset of HIV/AIDS, to which he succumbed at the age of forty-two. The author of numerous films that recast the American dream of plenty in pansexual terms, McDowell, like so many artists of his generation, indulged in the era’s carnal abundance, and his appetites and experiences are reflected in his work, which alternates between the revealing and the puerile.

Known for

Thundercrack!

Thundercrack!

1975

The Mongreloid

The Mongreloid

1978

It Came from Kuchar

It Came from Kuchar

2009

Resurrection of Eve

Resurrection of Eve

1973

A Reason to Live

A Reason to Live

1976

Confessions

Confessions

1972

The Devil's Cleavage

The Devil's Cleavage

1975

Loads

Loads

1980

Sparkle's Tavern

Sparkle's Tavern

1985

Taboo: The Single and the LP

Taboo: The Single and the LP

1980

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Flesh Histories

Flesh Histories

1992

Director

Sparkle's Tavern

Sparkle's Tavern

1985

Director

Little Showoffs

Little Showoffs

1984

Director

Loads

Loads

1980

Director

Taboo: The Single and the LP

Taboo: The Single and the LP

1980

Director

Thundercrack!

Thundercrack!

1975

Director

Naughty Words

Naughty Words

1974

Director

A Night with Gilda Peck

A Night with Gilda Peck

1974

Director

Stinky-Butt

Stinky-Butt

1974

Director

Nudes: A Sketchbook

Nudes: A Sketchbook

1974

Director

True Blue and Dreamy

True Blue and Dreamy

1974

Director

Beaver Fever

Beaver Fever

1974

Director

Fly Me to the Moon

Fly Me to the Moon

1974

Director

I Suck Your Flesh

I Suck Your Flesh

1974

Director

Edwina Marlow

1974

Director

Boggy Depot

Boggy Depot

1973

Director

Dora Myrtle

Dora Myrtle

1973

Director

The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"

The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"

1973

Director

Nozy Tozy

1973

Director

Lunch

Lunch

1972

Director

Wieners and Buns Musical

Wieners and Buns Musical

1972

Director

Confessions

Confessions

1972

Director

Siamese Twin Pinheads

Siamese Twin Pinheads

1972

Director

Ronnie

Ronnie

1972

Director

Peed Into the Wind

Peed Into the Wind

1972

Director

Truth for Ruth

Truth for Ruth

1972

Director

The Siamese Twin Pinheads

The Siamese Twin Pinheads

1972

Director

Tasteless Trilogy

Tasteless Trilogy

1972

Director

Kathleen Trailer

Kathleen Trailer

1972

Director

Pornogra Follies

Pornogra Follies

1970

Director

A Visit to Indiana

A Visit to Indiana

1970

Director

Fried Egg and Sadder Duck

Fried Egg and Sadder Duck

1970

Director

He Doesn't Carrot All

He Doesn't Carrot All

1970

Director

The Bag Film

Director

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It Came from Kuchar

It Came from Kuchar

2009

Self (archive footage)

Video Album 5: The Thursday People

Video Album 5: The Thursday People

1987

Xmas 1986

Xmas 1986

1986

Himself

Little Showoffs

Little Showoffs

1984

Himself - Interviewer (as Roger Halcyon)

Audience

Audience

1983

Self

George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

1983

Himself

Loads

Loads

1980

Symphony for a Sinner

Symphony for a Sinner

1978

The Mongreloid

The Mongreloid

1978

Himself

A Reason to Live

A Reason to Live

1976

Thundercrack!

Thundercrack!

1975

Medusa / Gerald Hammond

The Devil's Cleavage

The Devil's Cleavage

1975

Frank

Naughty Words

Naughty Words

1974

Himself (Voice)

Stinky-Butt

Stinky-Butt

1974

Fly Me to the Moon

Fly Me to the Moon

1974

Director

Resurrection of Eve

Resurrection of Eve

1973

Dora Myrtle

Dora Myrtle

1973

The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"

The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"

1973

Mean Brother

Boggy Depot

Boggy Depot

1973

Mean Brother

Wieners and Buns Musical

Wieners and Buns Musical

1972

Mugsy

Confessions

Confessions

1972

Siamese Twin Pinheads

Siamese Twin Pinheads

1972

Peed Into the Wind

Peed Into the Wind

1972

Mick Terrific

Truth for Ruth

Truth for Ruth

1972

Tasteless Trilogy

Tasteless Trilogy

1972

Riverbody

Riverbody

1970

Pornogra Follies

Pornogra Follies

1970

A Visit to Indiana

A Visit to Indiana

1970

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Sparkle's Tavern

Sparkle's Tavern

1985

Writer

Little Showoffs

Little Showoffs

1984

Writer

Loads

Loads

1980

Writer

Taboo: The Single and the LP

Taboo: The Single and the LP

1980

Writer

Thundercrack!

Thundercrack!

1975

Story

Nudes: A Sketchbook

Nudes: A Sketchbook

1974

Screenplay

A Night with Gilda Peck

A Night with Gilda Peck

1974

Writer

The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"

The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"

1973

Writer

Lunch

Lunch

1972

Writer

Confessions

Confessions

1972

Writer

Ronnie

Ronnie

1972

Writer

Peed Into the Wind

Peed Into the Wind

1972

Writer

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George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

George Kuchar: The Comedy of the Underground

1983

Editor

Loads

Loads

1980

Editor

Taboo: The Single and the LP

Taboo: The Single and the LP

1980

Editor

Thundercrack!

Thundercrack!

1975

Editor

Nudes: A Sketchbook

Nudes: A Sketchbook

1974

Editor

A Night with Gilda Peck

A Night with Gilda Peck

1974

Editor

Confessions

Confessions

1972

Editor

Camera3

Taboo: The Single and the LP

Taboo: The Single and the LP

1980

Director of Photography

Thundercrack!

Thundercrack!

1975

Director of Photography

Nudes: A Sketchbook

Nudes: A Sketchbook

1974

Director of Photography

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Loads

Loads

1980

Producer

Nudes: A Sketchbook

Nudes: A Sketchbook

1974

Producer

Confessions

Confessions

1972

Producer

Crew2

Sparkle's Tavern

Sparkle's Tavern

1985

Cinematography

Loads

Loads

1980

Cinematography

Sound2

Loads

Loads

1980

Sound Recordist

Taboo: The Single and the LP

Taboo: The Single and the LP

1980

Music