Curt McDowell

Directing

Curt McDowell

Born 1945-01-09 Lafayette, Indiana, USA 28 films

Curt McDowell worked in San Francisco from the late 1960s until his death in 1987 – a period that witnessed the Summer of Love, gay liberation, and the onset of HIV/AIDS, to which he succumbed at the age of forty-two. The author of numerous films that recast the American dream of plenty in pansexual terms, McDowell, like so many artists of his generation, indulged in the era’s carnal abundance, and his appetites and experiences are reflected in his work, w…

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Filmography

28 films
Xmas 1986 poster

"In Xmas 1986, George Kuchar’s mother Stella has come to stay with him for the holidays. After a se…

Xmas 1986

★ 0.0 1986

Audience poster

Barbara Hammer’s Audience is a fascinating deep cut from the director’s prodigious filmography. Rel…

Audience

★ 3.5 1983

Loads poster

"San Francisco based Curt McDowell has always been a pioneer in sexual frankness, but his new film,…

Loads

★ 4.6 1980

The Mongreloid poster

A man, his dog, and the regions they inhabited, each leaving his own distinctive mark on the landsc…

The Mongreloid

★ 6.3 1978

Thundercrack! poster

An eccentric and alcoholic widow hosts a motley assortment of travelers - four men, three women and…

Thundercrack!

★ 6.3 1975