Richard Kern

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Richard Kern

Born 1954-12-20 Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA 25 films

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 aesthe…

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Filmography

25 films
Shot by Kern poster

Seasoned photographer Richard Kern, best known for his images of scantily-clad, amateur models, tra…

Shot by Kern

★ 0.0 2013

Blank City poster

In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come…

Blank City

★ 6.9 2011

NYC Foetus poster

A documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including…

NYC Foetus

★ 6.0 2009

Arakimentari poster

A look at the life and work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and his impact on Japanese cul…

Arakimentari

★ 6.5 2004