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 Details

• Born: 1954-12-20 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, USA
• Known For: Directing

Richard Kern Movies List

Looking for Richard Kern movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• Divine Trash (2000)
• Submit to Me (1986)
• Arakimentari (2004)
• Submit to Me Now (1987)
• Blank City (2011)
• My Nightmare (1993)
• Super 8½ (1994)
• Red Spirit Lake (1993)
• Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (2019)
• Llik Your Idols (2007)

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