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Richard Kern
Director

Richard Kern

20 Dec 1954Born
71Age
56Credits
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USABirthplace

Biography

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

Filmography

  1. 2019BathtubFilm: Director
  2. 2015F.F.P.Film: Director
  3. 2014Russian KissFilm: Director
  4. 2014Extra Shot by KernFilm: Director
  5. 2014The Girl Who Followed MarpleFilm: Director
  6. 2013Shot by KernFilm: Director
  7. 2013House SitterFilm: Director
  8. 2013MedicatedFilm: Director
  9. 2012The Hardcore CollectionFilm: (archive footage), Director
  10. 2011Face to Panty RatioFilm: Director
  11. 2011CleanFilm: Director
  12. 2007Extra ActionFilm: Director, Writer
  13. 2004Marilyn Manson: Lest We ForgetFilm: Director
  14. 2004Russ Meyer: King of SexploitationFilm
  15. 2004New York Underground Collection - Richard KernFilm: Director
  16. 2003CutterFilm: Director
  17. 2000The Hardcore CollectionFilm: Director
  18. 1999Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TVFilm: Director
  19. 1999The Hardcore CollectionFilm: Director
  20. 1998Bullet on a WireFilm
  21. 1997Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New YorkFilm
  22. 1993My NightmareFilm: Director, Writer
  23. 1993Divine HammerFilm: Director
  24. 1993Red Spirit LakeFilm: Sardonia's Worker
  25. 1992The Sewing CircleFilm: Director, Writer
  26. 1992The BitchesFilm: Writer, Director
  27. 1991IDn4Film: Richard Kern
  28. 1991GooFilm: Director
  29. 1991American NightmareFilm
  30. 1991NaziFilm: Director, Writer
  31. 1991HoroscopeFilm: Director, Writer
  32. 1991TumbleFilm: Director, Writer
  33. 1991CatholicFilm: Director, Writer
  34. 1990X Is YFilm: Director, Writer
  35. 1990The Evil CameramanFilm: Director, Writer
  36. 1990PierceFilm: Director
  37. 1990Sonic Youth: Scooter + Jinx (Moneylove)Film: Director
  38. 1989We Are Not To BlameFilm
  39. 1987Submit to Me NowFilm: Director, Screenplay
  40. 1986FingeredFilm: Director, Writer
  41. 1986Sublapse Video Mag 1Film
  42. 1986King of SexFilm: Director, Writer
  43. 1985Thrust in MeFilm: Director, Writer
  44. 1985Submit to MeFilm: Director, Screenplay
  45. 1985You Killed Me FirstFilm: Director, Writer
  46. 1985Stray DogsFilm: Director, Writer
  47. 1985Woman at the WheelFilm: Director, Writer
  48. 1985I Hate You NowFilm: Director, Writer
  49. 1985Manhattan Love SuicidesFilm: Writer, Director
  50. 1984The Right Side of My BrainFilm: Director, Writer
  51. 1984SimonlandFilm: Director
  52. 1984Zombie Hunger 2Film: Director, Writer
  53. 1984Zombie HungerFilm: Director, Writer
  54. 1984DestructionFilm: Director, Writer
  55. 1983Goodbye 42nd StreetFilm: Director
  56. 1983American ObsessionsFilm: Director

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