Mike Kuchar

Mike Kuchar cinematographer painter and writer and brother of George Kuchar was born in New York City He began making 8mm movies in the 1950s switching over to 16mm film production in 1960 and continues now producing short motion pictures in the video and digital formats Mike and George Kuchar were the corecipients of the Vanguard Director Award at the 11th CineVegas Film Festival 2009 and the 2009 Frameline Award at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival Film purists says Mike tend to snub the digital medium but as far as Im concerned if it allows the image to move and make noise Ill gladly use it and the format fits perfectly into my budgets too Mike Kuchar is a 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow for his work in film and video