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Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his heavy involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His film Kaboom (2010) was the first winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm.
Gregg Araki was born on 17 December 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Mysterious Skin (2004), White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) and Kaboom (2010).
Araki, now 63, has sustained his status as a beloved cult filmmaker and has continued to make brash, powerful, and deeply queer work, such as his recent television series Now Apocalypse.
Aug 17, 2022 · Gregg Araki Was ‘Born at the Exact Right Moment’ to Ignite ’90s Queer Punk Rock Cinema. '90s Week: "Fire Island" filmmaker Andrew Ahn interviews the '90s icon about his Teenage Apocalypse trilogy...
Filmmaker Gregg Araki started on the fringe of independent films before eventually finding mainstream recognition for his gonzo take on gay cinema. A native of Los Angeles, he graduated from...
Gregg Araki was born on December 17, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Mysterious Skin (2004), White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) and Kaboom (2010).
Mar 4, 2019 · Gregg Araki movies come peppered with beautiful people, bold fashion statements, tongue-in-cheek humour and overt pop culture references. Yet behind it all there is a strong personal and political conviction, as he responds to homophobia or confronts backward attitudes.
Oct 10, 2023 · October 10, 2023. Richard Linklater and Gregg Araki, photographed by James Duval last month in Austin, Texas. The decades spent scrounging for pirated versions of Gregg Akari films has passed, and a new generation of fans has arrived, along with 4K restorations of his cult classics, Nowhere and Doom Generation.
Feb 8, 2011 · Whether in the guerrilla eruptions of The Living End or the pothead reveries of Smiley Face, Gregg Araki has long displayed a keen interest in young characters whose restless sexuality is but one element in the volatile cultural landscapes they find themselves in.
Mar 11, 2019 · Bathed in rich, highly saturated colors, Now Apocalypse is exactly what you would expect from a millennial sex comedy by Gregg Araki. The dialogue is hilarious, the performances are spot on, and its portrait of young adults as aimless dreamers with uninhibited sexual appetites is perfectly relatable.
