Simon Nuchtern
Belgian-born American filmmaker (born 1936)
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Simon Nuchtern (born 1936) is a Belgian-born American filmmaker who is based in New York.[1][2] He has directed, written, and produced a number of low-budget and independent films since the 1960s.[3][4][5]
Simon Nuchtern | |
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| Born | 1936 (age 89–90) |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
His films include Cowards (1970), a drama which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival;[6][7] the 3D horror film Silent Madness (1984);[8] and the action film Savage Dawn (1985), starring Lance Henriksen, George Kennedy, and Karen Black.[9]
Nuchtern was president of August Films (established 1967), a production and post-production company. During the 1970s he was involved in the re-editing of several foreign-shot films prior to their distribution in the United States, notably the controversial Snuff (1976), which was marketed to exploit rumors of the existence of real-life snuff films.[10][3] Following the dissolution of August Films in 1989, he founded a smaller-scale film and video production company, Katina Productions.[11]
He is married to artist Anna Thornhill.[1]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
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| 1968 | The Girl Grabbers [12] |  | | |
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| 1969 | To Hex with Sex [13] | | | |
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| 1970 | Cowards [14] | | |
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Reissued as Love-In '72 with new footage.[15] |
| 1972 | The Broad Coalition [13] | | | Alternative titles: What Do I Tell the Boys at the Station? [7] and That Man Is Pregnant! [16] | |
| 1976 | The Bodyguard [17] | | Recut U.S. edition of Japanese film Karate Kiba (1973); directed new prologue. | ||
| 1976 | Snuff [18] | | Filmed in Argentina by Michael and Roberta Findlay as The Slaughter (1971); directed new epilogue for reissue (uncredited). | ||
| 1981 | Strong Medicine [19] | | Directed by Richard Foreman. | ||
| 1984 | New York Nights [8] | | Alternative title: Shackin' Up. Loosely based on Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde.[20] | ||
| 1984 | Silent Madness [21] | | | Filmed in 3D.[5] | |
| 1985 | Savage Dawn [17] | | |||
| 1988 | Rejuvenatrix [4] | | Directed by Brian Thomas Jones. |