Richard Kern
Director · Actor · WriterRichard 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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FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR26
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
Self
Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber
2015
Himself
Shot by Kern
2013
Self
The Hardcore Collection
2012
(archive footage)
The Advocate for Fagdom
2011
Self
Blank City
2011
Self
NYC Foetus
2009
Himself
Llik Your Idols
2007
Himself
Kill the Artist
2007
Self
Arakimentari
2004
Self
Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
2004
- D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
2002
Himself - Interviewee
Divine Trash
2000
Self
Bullet on a Wire
1998
Lunch on Kern
1997
Himself
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
1997
Super 8½
1994
Self
Red Spirit Lake
1993
Sardonia's Worker
- No Age New York
No Age New York
1993
Himself
My Nightmare
1993
IDn4
1991
Richard Kern
American Nightmare
1991
- We Are Not To Blame
We Are Not To Blame
1989
Submit to Me Now
1987
Submit to Me
1986
Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986
DIRECTOR50
Bathtub
2019
Director
F.F.P.
2015
Director
Extra Shot by Kern
2014
Director
- The Girl Who Followed Marple
The Girl Who Followed Marple
2014
Director
Russian Kiss
2014
Director
House Sitter
2013
Director
Shot by Kern
2013
Director
Medicated
2013
Director
The Hardcore Collection
2012
Director
Face to Panty Ratio
2011
Director
Clean
2011
Director
Extra Action
2008
Director
Extra Action
2007
Director
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
2004
Director
New York Underground Collection - Richard Kern
2004
Director
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002)
2004
Director
Cutter
2003
Director
The Hardcore Collection
2000
Director
Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
1999
Director
The Hardcore Collection
1999
Director
My Nightmare
1993
Director
Divine Hammer
1993
Director
The Sewing Circle
1992
Director
The Bitches
1992
Director
Nazi
1991
Director
Horoscope
1991
Director
Goo
1991
Director
Tumble
1991
Director
Catholic
1991
Director
The Evil Cameraman
1990
Director
- Pierce
Pierce
1990
Director
X Is Y
1990
Director
Sonic Youth: Scooter + Jinx (Moneylove)
1990
Director
Submit to Me Now
1987
Director
Fingered
1986
Director
Submit to Me
1986
Director
King of Sex
1986
Director
Thrust in Me
1985
Director
You Killed Me First
1985
Director
Stray Dogs
1985
Director
Woman at the Wheel
1985
Director
I Hate You Now
1985
Director
Manhattan Love Suicides
1985
Director
The Right Side of My Brain
1984
Director
Simonland
1984
Director
- Zombie Hunger 2
Zombie Hunger 2
1984
Director
Zombie Hunger
1984
Director
Destruction
1984
Director
Goodbye 42nd Street
1983
Director
American Obsessions
1983
Director
WRITER24
Extra Action
2007
Writer
My Nightmare
1993
Writer
The Bitches
1992
Writer
The Sewing Circle
1992
Writer
Nazi
1991
Writer
Horoscope
1991
Writer
Tumble
1991
Writer
Catholic
1991
Writer
X Is Y
1990
Writer
The Evil Cameraman
1990
Writer
Submit to Me Now
1987
Screenplay
Fingered
1986
Writer
Submit to Me
1986
Screenplay
King of Sex
1986
Writer
Manhattan Love Suicides
1985
Writer
I Hate You Now
1985
Writer
You Killed Me First
1985
Writer
Thrust in Me
1985
Writer
Stray Dogs
1985
Writer
Woman at the Wheel
1985
Writer
The Right Side of My Brain
1984
Writer
Zombie Hunger
1984
Writer
- Zombie Hunger 2
Zombie Hunger 2
1984
Writer
Destruction
1984
Writer
