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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instanceOf artist
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
underground cinema
fullName George Andrew Kuchar NERFINISHED
genre camp
melodrama
underground film
givenName George NERFINISHED
influenced John Waters NERFINISHED
underground filmmakers in the United States
languageOfWork English
movement avant-garde cinema
underground film
nationality American
notableFor campy low-budget melodramas
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 NERFINISHED
The Devil’s Cleavage NERFINISHED
Thundercrack! NERFINISHED
occupation actor
artist
filmmaker
screenwriter
teacher
placeOfBirth New York City
The Bronx NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath California, United States
surface form: California

San Francisco NERFINISHED
sibling Mike Kuchar NERFINISHED
style camp aesthetics
low-budget production
parodic melodrama
taughtAt San Francisco Art Institute NERFINISHED
twin Mike Kuchar NERFINISHED
workLocation New York City
San Francisco NERFINISHED

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