Gregg Araki
Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959 Los Angeles , California ) is an Asian-American film director and film producer .
He lives openly bisexual and is one of the founders of New Queer Cinema . He studied at the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California and graduated in 1982. He worked as a film critic for the magazine LA Weekly and founded his own production company, Desperate Pictures . Araki became known in particular for his taboo low-cost productions such as the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy .
Filmography
- 1987: Three Bewildered People in the Night
- 1989: The Long Weekend
- 1992: The Living End
- 1993: Totally Fucked Up
- 1995: The Doom Generation
- 1997: Nowhere
- 1999: City, Friends & Sex (Splendor)
- 2000: This Is How the World Ends (TV)
- 2004: Mysterious Skin - Under the Skin (Mysterious Skin)
- 2007: Smiley Face
- 2010: Kaboom
- 2014: As a white bird in a snowstorm (White Bird in a Blizzard)
- 2019: Now Apocalypse (TV series)
Web links
Commons : Gregg Araki - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Gregg Araki in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Article about Gregg Araki and the "New Queer Cinema" - published in the intercultural magazine "unique" (issue 62)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Araki, Gregg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Asian-American film director and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th December 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California, USA |