Richard Kern

Richard Kern

Known for
Directing
Born
December 20, 1954 (age 71)
Birthplace
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA

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

Photos

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Filmography

2019
Bathtub poster

Bathtub

Movie · Director

2015
F.F.P. poster

F.F.P.

Movie · Director

2014
Extra Shot by Kern poster

Extra Shot by Kern

Movie · Director

2014
The Girl Who Followed Marple

The Girl Who Followed Marple

Movie · Director

2014
Russian Kiss poster

Russian Kiss

Movie · Director

2013
House Sitter poster

House Sitter

Movie · Director

2013
Shot by Kern poster

Shot by Kern

Movie · Director

2013
Medicated poster

Medicated

Movie · Director

2012
The Hardcore Collection poster

The Hardcore Collection

Movie · Director

2011
Face to Panty Ratio poster

Face to Panty Ratio

Movie · Director

2011
Clean poster

Clean

Movie · Director

2007
Extra Action poster

Extra Action

Movie · Director

2004
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget poster

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget

Movie · Director

2004
New York Underground Collection - Richard Kern poster

New York Underground Collection - Richard Kern

Movie · Director

2003
Cutter poster

Cutter

Movie · Director

2000
The Hardcore Collection poster

The Hardcore Collection

Movie · Director

1999
Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV poster

Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV

Movie · Director

1999
The Hardcore Collection poster

The Hardcore Collection

Movie · Director

1993
My Nightmare poster

My Nightmare

Movie · Director

1993
Divine Hammer poster

Divine Hammer

Movie · Director

1992
The Sewing Circle poster

The Sewing Circle

Movie · Director

1992
The Bitches poster

The Bitches

Movie · Director

1991
Nazi poster

Nazi

Movie · Director

1991
Horoscope poster

Horoscope

Movie · Director

1991
Goo poster

Goo

Movie · Director

1991
Tumble poster

Tumble

Movie · Director

1991
Catholic poster

Catholic

Movie · Director

1990
The Evil Cameraman poster

The Evil Cameraman

Movie · Director

1990
X Is Y poster

X Is Y

Movie · Director

1990
Pierce poster

Pierce

Movie · Director

1990
Sonic Youth: Scooter + Jinx (Moneylove) poster

Sonic Youth: Scooter + Jinx (Moneylove)

Movie · Director

1987
Submit to Me Now poster

Submit to Me Now

Movie · Director

1986
Fingered poster

Fingered

Movie · Director

1986
King of Sex poster

King of Sex

Movie · Director

1985
Thrust in Me poster

Thrust in Me

Movie · Director

1985
You Killed Me First poster

You Killed Me First

Movie · Director

1985
Stray Dogs poster

Stray Dogs

Movie · Director

1985
Woman at the Wheel poster

Woman at the Wheel

Movie · Director

1985
I Hate You Now poster

I Hate You Now

Movie · Director

1985
Submit to Me poster

Submit to Me

Movie · Director

1985
Manhattan Love Suicides poster

Manhattan Love Suicides

Movie · Director

1984
The Right Side of My Brain poster

The Right Side of My Brain

Movie · Director

1984
Simonland poster

Simonland

Movie · Director

1984
Zombie Hunger poster

Zombie Hunger

Movie · Director

1984
Zombie Hunger 2

Zombie Hunger 2

Movie · Director

1984
Destruction poster

Destruction

Movie · Director

1983
Goodbye 42nd Street poster

Goodbye 42nd Street

Movie · Director

1983
American Obsessions poster

American Obsessions

Movie · Director