Gregg Araki

Gregg Araki born December 17, 1959 is an American independent filmmaker and film director involved heavily with New Queer Cinema. His film Kaboom was the first ever winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm awarded in 2010.

Araki made his directorial debut in 1987 with Three Bewildered People in the Night. With a budget of only 5,000 and using a stationary camera, he told the story of a romance between a video artist, her sweetheart and her gay friend. Two years later, Araki followed up with The Long Weekend O Despair, another film with a 5,000 budget. His third film, The Living End, saw an increase to 20,000. He had to shoot his early movies often spontaneously and lacking proper permits.Despite the financial constraints, Arakis films received critical acclaim. He received awards from the Locarno International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, with an additional nomination for a Sundance Film Festival award. ........

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