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Gregg Araki

Gregg Araki

Director · Born December 17, 1959 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His Teenage Apocalypse film trilogy, consisting of Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995) and Nowhere (1997), has been heralded as a cult classic. His film Kaboom (2010) was the inaugural winner of the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. On January 23, 2026, his erotic comedy thriller film I Want Your Sex starring Olivia Wilde premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregg Araki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 23

2010s

  1. 2019

    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    Director

  2. Now Apocalypse

    Director

    65
  3. 2018

    Heathers

    Director

    58
  4. 2017

    13 Reasons Why

    Director

    74

  5. Riverdale

    Director

    70
  6. 2016

    Greenleaf

    Director

    74
  7. 2015

    American Crime

    Director

    74
  8. 2014

    White Bird in a Blizzard

    Director

    60

  9. Red Oaks

    Director

    78
  10. 2010

    Kaboom

    Director

2000s

  1. 2007

    Smiley Face

    Director

    63
  2. 2005

    Mysterious Skin

    Director

    78
  3. 2000

    This Is How the World Ends

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    the long weekend (o' despair)

    Director

  2. 1987

    Three Bewildered People in the Night

    Director

Produced 13

2000s

  1. 2007

    Smiley Face

    Producer

    63
  2. 2005

    Mysterious Skin

    Producer

    78
  3. 2000

    This Is How the World Ends

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1989

    the long weekend (o' despair)

    Producer

  2. 1987

    Three Bewildered People in the Night

    Producer

Edited 13

2010s

  1. 2014

    White Bird in a Blizzard

    Editor

    60
  2. 2010

    Kaboom

    Editor

2000s

  1. 2007

    Smiley Face

    Editor

    63
  2. 2005

    Mysterious Skin

    Editor

    78
  3. 2000

    This Is How the World Ends

    Editor

1980s

  1. 1989

    the long weekend (o' despair)

    Editor

  2. 1987

    Three Bewildered People in the Night

    Editor

Wrote 13

2010s

  1. 2019

    Now Apocalypse

    Writer

    65
  2. 2014

    White Bird in a Blizzard

    Screenplay

    60
  3. 2010

    Kaboom

    Screenplay

2000s

  1. 2005

    Mysterious Skin

    Screenplay

    78
  2. 2000

    This Is How the World Ends

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1989

    the long weekend (o' despair)

    Writer

  2. 1987

    Three Bewildered People in the Night

    Writer

Camera 3

1980s

  1. 1987

    Three Bewildered People in the Night

    Director of Photography

Created 2

2000s

  1. 2000

    This Is How the World Ends

    Creator

Acted in 1

Appearances4

2020s

  1. 2025

    Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

    Self

2000s

  1. 2007

    Indie Sex

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 2001

    Rescued from the Closet

    Self

1990s

  1. 1995

    At Sundance

    Self

Thanked in the credits2

2000s

  1. 2008

    Protect You + Me

    Thanks

  2. 2000

    But I'm a Cheerleader

    Thanks

    58