George Kuchar

George Kuchar was an American underground filmmaker and video artist known for a low-fi style. Born in New York City, he trained in commercial art at the School of Industrial Art and graduated in 1960, drawing weather maps for a local news program while he and his twin brother Mike Kuchar made 8mm movies shown alongside work by Andy Warhol, Kenneth Anger and Stan Brakhage. Ken Jacobs brought their films to Jonas Mekas, who championed them in the Village Voice. Kuchar later joined the San Francisco Art Institute as a film teacher, working there from 1971 until early 2011. He directed more than 200 films and videos; Hold Me While I'm Naked ranked 52nd in The Village Voice critics' poll of the century's best films, and I, An Actress was selected for the National Film Registry in 2011. His prolific video diaries include the Weather Diary Series.