George Kuchar
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George Kuchar was an influential American underground filmmaker and artist known for his campy, low-budget melodramas that helped define New York’s avant-garde cinema scene in the 1960s and beyond.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Kuchar canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
artist
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film director ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ teacher ⓘ underground filmmaker ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Mike Kuchar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-08-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-09-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | School of Industrial Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kuchar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental film
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underground cinema ⓘ |
| fullName | George Andrew Kuchar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
camp
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melodrama ⓘ underground film ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
John Waters
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underground filmmakers in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde cinema
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underground film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campy low-budget melodramas
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influence on New York’s avant-garde cinema scene ⓘ underground films made in New York in the 1960s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hold Me While I’m Naked
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The Devil’s Cleavage NERFINISHED ⓘ Thundercrack! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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artist ⓘ filmmaker ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York City
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The Bronx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Mike Kuchar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
camp aesthetics
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low-budget production ⓘ parodic melodrama ⓘ |
| taughtAt | San Francisco Art Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| twin | Mike Kuchar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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