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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).
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Gregg Araki, Thomas Dekker, and Juno Temple in Kaboom (2010)- Gregg Araki, Roxane Mesquida, and Haley Bennett in Kaboom (2010)
- Gregg Araki and Anna Faris in Smiley Face (2007)
- Gregg Araki and Katherine Langford in 13 Reasons Why (2017)
- Gregg Araki, Kate Walsh, and Kelli O'Hara in 13 Reasons Why (2017)
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- Gregg Araki at an event for Good Omens (2019)
In the late 1980s, Gregg Araki began making movies. He made films on a shoestring budget with a do-it-yourself mindset–not due to any kind of loyalty to the auteur theory, but the constraints of what he had at his disposal.
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...
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit57%Rotten audience score. 43%Director, Screenwriter59%Rotten audience score. 40%Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Film ...66%Rotten audience score. 45%Director, Producer, Film Editing86%Fresh audience score. 89%Director, Writer, Producer, Film EditingAug 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...
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Oct 10, 2023 · "You're corrupting another generation, just so you know," Richard Linklater tells Gregg Araki, whose cult films are enjoying a renaissance.
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.
