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Richard Kern

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Known For

70 Years Old

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.

Born

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA on 20th December 1954

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Shot By Kern Image
Shot By Kern
Self
Blank City Image
Blank City
Self
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over Image
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
Self
No Image
Kill the Artist
Himself
Divine Trash Image
Divine Trash
Self
Llik Your Idols Image
Llik Your Idols
Himself
Arakimentari Image
Arakimentari
Self
No Image
We Are Not To Blame
The Advocate for Fagdom Image
The Advocate for Fagdom
Self
Bullet on a Wire Image
Bullet on a Wire
IDn4 Image
IDn4
Richard Kern
Submit to Me Image
Submit to Me
Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber Image
Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber
Himself
Red Spirit Lake Image
Red Spirit Lake
No Image
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
Himself - Interviewee
Super 8½ Image
Super 8½
Self
No Image
No Age New York
Himself
American Nightmare Image
American Nightmare
Sublapse Video Mag 1 Image
Sublapse Video Mag 1
NYC Foetus Image
NYC Foetus
Himself
Shot by Kern Image
Shot by Kern
Self
Submit to Me Now Image
Submit to Me Now
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York Image
Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
My Nightmare Image
My Nightmare
Lunch on Kern Image
Lunch on Kern
Himself
The Hardcore Collection Image
The Hardcore Collection
(archive footage)