Richard Kern

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Richard Kern

Directing 71 December 20, 1954

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA

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 Villag…

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Divine Trash

Divine Trash

7.3 2000 Movie
Arakimentari

Arakimentari

6.5 2004 Movie
Submit to Me

Submit to Me

5.2 1985 Movie
The Right Side of My Brain

The Right Side of My Brain

4.8 1984 Movie
Blank City

Blank City

6.9 2011 Movie
You Killed Me First

You Killed Me First

4.7 1985 Movie
Submit to Me Now

Submit to Me Now

5.0 1987 Movie
My Nightmare

My Nightmare

6.6 1993 Movie
Horoscope

Horoscope

4.8 1991 Movie
Catholic

Catholic

6.0 1991 Movie
Super 8½

Super 8½

6.0 1994 Movie
Fingered

Fingered

5.4 1986 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Movie Self

  2. 2019
    Bathtub

    Movie Director

  3. 2015
    F.F.P.

    Movie Producer

  4. 2015
    Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

    Movie Himself

  5. 2014
    Russian Kiss

    Movie Director

  6. 2014
    Extra Shot by Kern

    Movie Director

  7. 2014
    The Girl Who Followed Marple

    Movie Director

  8. 2013
    Shot By Kern

    TV show Self

  9. 2013
    Shot by Kern

    Movie Self

  10. 2013
    House Sitter

    Movie Director

  11. 2013
    Medicated

    Movie Editor

  12. 2012
    The Hardcore Collection

    Movie (archive footage)

  13. 2011
    The Advocate for Fagdom

    Movie Self

  14. 2011
    Face to Panty Ratio

    Movie Director

  15. 2011
    Blank City

    Movie Self

  16. 2011
    Clean

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2009
    NYC Foetus

    Movie Himself

  2. 2007
    Kill the Artist

    Movie Self

  3. 2007
    Llik Your Idols

    Movie Himself

  4. 2007
    Extra Action

    Movie Director

  5. 2004
    Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget

    Movie Director

  6. 2004
    Arakimentari

    Movie Self

  7. 2004
    Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation

    Movie

  8. 2004
    New York Underground Collection - Richard Kern

    Movie Director

  9. 2003
    Cutter

    Movie Director

  10. 2002
    D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

    Movie Himself - Interviewee

  11. 2000
    Divine Trash

    Movie Self

  12. 2000
    The Hardcore Collection

    Movie Director

  13. 1999
    Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV

    Movie Director

  14. 1999
    The Hardcore Collection

    Movie Director

  15. 1998
    Bullet on a Wire

    Movie

  16. 1997
    Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York

    Movie

  17. 1994
    Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent

    Movie Camera Operator

  18. 1994
    Super 8½

    Movie Self

  19. 1993
    My Nightmare

    Movie

  20. 1993
    Divine Hammer

    Movie Director

  21. 1993
    Red Spirit Lake

    Movie Sardonia's Worker

  22. 1993
    No Age New York

    Movie Himself

  23. 1992
    The Sewing Circle

    Movie Director

  24. 1992
    The Bitches

    Movie Camera Operator