Richard Kern
Known for Directing · 27 credits
- Born
- 1954-12-20 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- R. Kern · 理查德·克恩
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
TV Shows (1)
Movies (26)
Blank City
2011
as Self
Arakimentari
2004
as Self
Super 8½
1994
as Self
Divine Trash
2000
as Self
No Age New York
1993
as Himself
Submit to Me
1986
Bullet on a Wire
1998
The Advocate for Fagdom
2011
as Self
IDn4
1991
as Richard Kern
Lunch on Kern
1997
as Himself
Submit to Me Now
1987
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
1997
NYC Foetus
2009
as Himself
American Nightmare
1991
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
2002
as Himself - Interviewee
Kill the Artist
2007
as Self
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
as Self
Red Spirit Lake
1993
as Sardonia's Worker
Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber
2015
as Himself
Llik Your Idols
2007
as Himself
We Are Not To Blame
1989
Shot by Kern
2013
as Self
My Nightmare
1993
Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986
The Hardcore Collection
2012
as (archive footage)
About Richard Kern
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 Ci… With 27 credits spanning from 1986 to 2019, Richard Kern has appeared in 26 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Richard Kern Movies
- Blank City (2011) — as Self
- Arakimentari (2004) — as Self
- Super 8½ (1994) — as Self
- Divine Trash (2000) — as Self
- No Age New York (1993) — as Himself
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