Richard Kern
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing50
movieBathtub
2019
Director
movieF.F.P.
2015
Director
movieRussian Kiss
2014
Director
movieExtra Shot by Kern
2014
Director
movieShot by Kern
2013
Director
movieHouse Sitter
2013
Director
movieMedicated
2013
Director
movieThe Hardcore Collection
2012
Director
movieFace to Panty Ratio
2011
Director
movieClean
2011
Director
movieExtra Action
2008
Director
movieExtra Action
2007
Director
movieCutter
2003
Director
movieThe Hardcore Collection
2000
Director
movieThe Hardcore Collection
1999
Director
movieMy Nightmare
1993
Director
movieDivine Hammer
1993
Director
movieThe Sewing Circle
1992
Director
movieThe Bitches
1992
Director
movieGoo
1991
Director
movieNazi
1991
Director
movieHoroscope
1991
Director
movieTumble
1991
Director
movieCatholic
1991
Director
movieX Is Y
1990
Director
movieThe Evil Cameraman
1990
Director
Pierce
1990
Director
movieSubmit to Me Now
1987
Director
movieFingered
1986
Director
movieSubmit to Me
1986
Director
movieKing of Sex
1986
Director
movieThrust in Me
1985
Director
movieYou Killed Me First
1985
Director
movieStray Dogs
1985
Director
movieWoman at the Wheel
1985
Director
movieI Hate You Now
1985
Director
movieManhattan Love Suicides
1985
Director
movieSimonland
1984
Director
movieZombie Hunger
1984
Director
movieDestruction
1984
Director
movieGoodbye 42nd Street
1983
Director
movieAmerican Obsessions
1983
Director
Acting27
movieThe Hardcore Collection
2012
(archive footage)
movieNYC Foetus
2009
Himself
movieLlik Your Idols
2007
Himself
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
2002
Himself - Interviewee
movieLunch on Kern
1997
Himself
movieRed Spirit Lake
1993
Sardonia's Worker
movieIDn4
1991
Richard Kern
Writing24
movieExtra Action
2007
Writer
movieMy Nightmare
1993
Writer
movieThe Bitches
1992
Writer
movieNazi
1991
Writer
movieHoroscope
1991
Writer
movieTumble
1991
Writer
movieCatholic
1991
Writer
movieX Is Y
1990
Writer
movieSubmit to Me Now
1987
Screenplay
movieFingered
1986
Writer
movieSubmit to Me
1986
Screenplay
movieKing of Sex
1986
Writer
movieThrust in Me
1985
Writer
movieI Hate You Now
1985
Writer
movieStray Dogs
1985
Writer
movieZombie Hunger
1984
Writer
movieDestruction
1984
Writer
Production9
movieF.F.P.
2015
Producer
movieExtra Action
2007
Producer
movieGoo
1991
Producer
movieSubmit to Me Now
1987
Producer
movieSubmit to Me
1986
Producer
movieYou Killed Me First
1985
Producer
movieZombie Hunger
1984
Producer
Editing5
Camera4
movieThe Bitches
1992
Camera Operator
movieSubmit to Me Now
1987
Director of Photography
movieFingered
1986
Director of Photography
Crew3
movieF.F.P.
2015
Cinematography
movieWorm Movie
1985
Cinematography
Zombie Hunger 2
1984
Cinematography