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Richard Kern

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Richard Kern

Born Dec 20, 1954 · 71 years69 titles 68 movies · 1 TV
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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.

Also known as

R. Kern · 理查德·克恩

Born

Dec 20, 1954

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

26

Acting credits

45

Directing

21

Writing

12

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1983 2 title(s)

1984 5 title(s)

1985 7 title(s)

1986 3 title(s)

1987 1 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 4 title(s)

1991 7 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 4 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

1999 2 title(s)

2000 2 title(s)

2002 1 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2004 5 title(s)

2007 2 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2011 4 title(s)

2013 4 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2015 2 title(s)

2019 2 title(s)