Richard Kern

Richard Kern

Known for: Directing

Born: December 19, 1954 in 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 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.

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Lunch on Kern

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Lunch on Kern

Himself

1996 Documentary
Arakimentari

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Arakimentari

Self

2004 Documentary
The Advocate for Fagdom

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The Advocate for Fagdom

Self

2011 Documentary
Llik Your Idols

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Llik Your Idols

Himself

2007 Documentary
Red Spirit Lake

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Red Spirit Lake

Sardonia's Worker

1992 Horror
We Are Not To Blame

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We Are Not To Blame

1988 Drama
IDn4

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IDn4

Richard Kern

1991 Drama
No Age New York

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No Age New York

Himself

1992 Documentary
Bullet on a Wire

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Bullet on a Wire

1997 Crime
My Nightmare

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My Nightmare

1993 Drama
Submit to Me

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Submit to Me

1985 Horror
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York

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Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York

1996 Documentary
Shot by Kern

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Shot by Kern

Self

2013 Documentary
Submit to Me Now

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Submit to Me Now

1986 Horror
The Hardcore Collection

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The Hardcore Collection

(archive footage)

2012 Drama
Sublapse Video Mag 1

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Sublapse Video Mag 1

1986 Documentary
NYC Foetus

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NYC Foetus

Himself

2009 Music
Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

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Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

Himself

2015 Documentary
Super 8½

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Super 8½

Self

1994 Drama
American Nightmare

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American Nightmare

1990 Drama
Blank City

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Blank City

Self

2011 Documentary
Divine Trash

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Divine Trash

Self

2000 Documentary
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

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

Himself - Interviewee

2001 Documentary
Kill the Artist

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Kill the Artist

Self

2007 Documentary