Simon Nuchtern

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Simon Nuchtern
Born1936 (age 89–90)
OccupationFilmmaker

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]

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

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Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes
1968 The Girl Grabbers[12]
1969 To Hex with Sex[13]
1970 Cowards[14] 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.

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