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Richard Kern

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA

About

Directing, Male

Birthday

20 December 1954, 70 years old

Known For

Filmography