Mike Kuchar
Directing
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
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movieThe Voice in the Man
2023
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movieSunlit Sorcery
2022
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movieCelestial Horizons
2019
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movieSunkissed
2019
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movieInward Bound
2019
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movieHim in the Night
2019
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moviePathways
2019
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movieStreet Meat
2018
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movieSoulSurfers
2017
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movieNightScape
2017
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movieSoul Catcher
2017
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movieMeat with Bones
2017
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movieMoon Lit Vows
2017
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movieBroken Gods
2017
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movieKeeper of Secrets
2017
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movieDark Night of the Soul
2016
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movieAbstracted
2016
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movieFive O'Clock Shadows
2016
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movieAge of Anxiety
2015
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movieAngels We
2015
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movieBoy in the Mirror
2015
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movieThe Breeze and Him
2015
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movieA Rented Space
2015
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movieMuseum of Damaged Art
2015
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movieWrestling with Angels
2015
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movieBlue Vibrations
2014
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movieAdam’s Apple
2014
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movieChromatic Effusion
2014
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movieDreamsville
2014
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movieSummer Sins
2014
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movieLost Blues
2014
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movieSoul Searchers
2014
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movieChasing Shadows
2014
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Rat Nest
2014
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movieAscension
2013
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movieDevil’s Den
2013
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movieThe Dragon’s Son
2013
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movieFallen Angels
2013
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movieSoulMates
2013
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movieHappy Birthday!
2013
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movieHappy Birthday!
2013
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movieDisordered
2012
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movieTickled Pink
2012
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movieMeltdown
2012
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movieStarbound
2012
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movieFree Form Frolic
2011
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movieThe Stone Boy
2011
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movieSplatter Movie
2011
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movieDebbie and the Demons
2010
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movieThe Dreamer’s Tale
2010
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movieEcho’s Garden
2010
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movieMedusa’s Gaze
2010
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movieOpal Essence
2010
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movieBedeviled
2009
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movieEphemeral Seizure
2009
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movieIdyll
2009
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Dumped!
2009
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movieSwan Song
2009
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movieThe Tiger
2009
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movieAnimal
2009
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movieA Brief Summer’s Tale
2008
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movieA Dream of Roses
2008
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movieThe Faery Garden
2008
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movieWitchery
2008
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movieA Midsummer's Nightmare
2008
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movieThe Vernal Zone
2008
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moviePeek-A-Boo
2008
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Vortex
2007
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movieFruit of the Serpent
2007
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movieParadise Gone
2007
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movieScarlet Petals
2007
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movieState of Mind
2007
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movieIncantation
2007
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movieCelestial Murmurs
2006
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movieHaunted
2006
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movieA Poem for Summer
2006
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movieZoology
2006
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movieSweet Dreams
2006
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movieMidnight Mass
2006
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movieAtonement
2005
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movieIn the Garden of Eros
2005
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movieNightRise
2005
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movieDay Dreaming
2004
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movieRomance
2004
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movieMiss Philly’s Valentine
2003
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Inspiration
2003
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movieShepherd’s Poem
2002
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movieWind in My Sails
2002
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movieBoy Toys
2000
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movieTryst
2000
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movieCandy Coated Evil
1997
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moviePurgatory Junction
1997
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movieThe Bristled Dagger
1996
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movieStatue in the Park
1996
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movieCupid’s Infirmary
1995
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movieBlue Banshee
1994
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movieSeascape
1984
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movieTone Poem
1984
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movieBloodsucker
1975
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movieFur of the Field
1975
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movieDidgeridoo
1972
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movieFaraway Places
1972
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movieAbode of the Snows
1970
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movieTales of the Bronx
1970
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movieChronicles
1969
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Variations
1968
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movieThe Craven Sluck
1967
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Fragments
1967
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movieSins of the Fleshapoids
1965
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movieBorn of the Wind
1964
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movieA Reel of Home Movies
1961
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The Slasher
1958
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movieA Tub Named Desire
1956
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Acting46
movieOh Hi Anne
2017
Himself
movieBIRD IN THE SKY
2005
Grandfather
movieAward
1992
Himself
movieHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
Self (archive footage)
movieCinématon
1978
N°1085
movieGalaxie
1966
Self
movieThe Secret of Wendel Samson
1966
Wendel Samson (voice)
Writing5
Crew4
movieThe Second Coming
1995
Cinematography
movieLife Is Like a Cucumber
1990
Cinematography
movieKiss Napoleon Goodbye
1990
Cinematography
movieThe Devil's Cleavage
1975
Cinematography
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moviePositive
1990
Director of Photography
movieSilence = Death
1990
Director of Photography
movieSins of the Fleshapoids
1965
Director of Photography
Editing1
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movieSins of the Fleshapoids
1965
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