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Gregg Araki is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography American born on 17 december 1959 at Los Angeles (USA)
Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American independent filmmaker. He is involved in New Queer Cinema.
Il réalise son premier long métrage en 1987 avec Three Bewildered People in the Night. Ce film, au budget de 5 000 dollars qui narre l'histoire de la relation entre un artiste vidéaste, sa fiancée et son ami homosexuel, lui vaut trois prix au Festival international du film de Locarno.
Les films Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation et Nowhere forment la trilogie de l'apocalypse adolescente (Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy).
Après la comédie romantique Splendeur (Splendor), Araki réalise Mysterious Skin qui est l'adaptation du roman du même nom de Scott Heim.
En 2010, Kaboom est présenté au Festival de Cannes où il remporte la première Queer Palm de l'histoire.
En 2019, il signe la nouvelle série Starz, Now Apocalypse avec Avan Jogia.
Ouvertement gay, Araki est néanmoins connu pour sa relation amoureuse avec l'actrice Kathleen Robertson de 1997 à 1999.
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Gregg Araki
Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American independent filmmaker. He is involved in New Queer Cinema.
Biography
Né le 17 décembre 1959 à Los Angeles de parents nippo-américains, il grandit à Santa Barbara. Il décroche un Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies à l'université de Californie à Santa Barbara puis un Master of Fine Arts in Film Production à l'université de Californie du Sud en 1985.Il réalise son premier long métrage en 1987 avec Three Bewildered People in the Night. Ce film, au budget de 5 000 dollars qui narre l'histoire de la relation entre un artiste vidéaste, sa fiancée et son ami homosexuel, lui vaut trois prix au Festival international du film de Locarno.
Les films Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation et Nowhere forment la trilogie de l'apocalypse adolescente (Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy).
Après la comédie romantique Splendeur (Splendor), Araki réalise Mysterious Skin qui est l'adaptation du roman du même nom de Scott Heim.
En 2010, Kaboom est présenté au Festival de Cannes où il remporte la première Queer Palm de l'histoire.
En 2019, il signe la nouvelle série Starz, Now Apocalypse avec Avan Jogia.
Ouvertement gay, Araki est néanmoins connu pour sa relation amoureuse avec l'actrice Kathleen Robertson de 1997 à 1999.
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White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
, 1h31Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni, Ava Acres, Shiloh Fernandez, Angela Bassett
Rating63%
In 1988, when Katrina "Kat" Connors (Shailene Woodley) was age 17, her mother, Eve (Eva Green), disappeared without a word. The story weaves back-and-forth with flashbacks of Eve's past life and the present day.
Kaboom (2010)
, 1h26Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror, Crime, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Comedy science fiction films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Thomas Dekker, Juno Temple, Haley Bennett, Roxane Mesquida, Brennan Alexander Mejia, James Duval
Rating56%
Smith is an 18-year-old film student who identifies sexually as "undeclared". He has been having strange dreams. He is going to college with his best friend, Stella, whom he has known since junior high. Smith finds a note saying that he is the "chosen son". He has a roommate, Thor, whom he lusts after, regretting that Thor is straight. Stella goes to a party with Smith, but hooks up with another girl, Lorelei. He recognizes Lorelei as one of the people in his dream. Smith notices a guy, but is distracted when a red-haired girl from his dream vomits on his shoe. The guy vanishes, but Smith gets picked up by London, a British student. They have sex, but to Smith's regret she does not want to be with him except during the sex.
Smiley Face (2008)
, 1h21Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Anna Faris, Danny Masterson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Adam Brody, John Krasinski, Jayma Mays
Rating58%
The story describes an eventful day in the life of Jane F, an unambitious young actress who enjoys smoking cannabis and lives in a Los Angeles apartment with her nerdy, somewhat disturbing roommate Steve. Jane's fateful day begins when she unknowingly consumes an entire plate full of cannabis-laced cupcakes. Realizing her mistake, she makes a list of tasks she must achieve, and how she plans to make them happen. What follows is a relentless stream of disasters caused by Jane's intoxication.
Mysterious Skin (2005)
, 1h45Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about pedophilia, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Chase Ellison, Michelle Trachtenberg, David Lee Smith, Bill Sage
Rating75%
Born in 1972 in Kansas, 8-year-olds Neil McCormick and Brian Lackey are sexually abused by their baseball coach. Both boys are targets for abuse due to their dysfunctional families: Neil's single mother, Ellen, is neglectful and preoccupied with a string of boyfriends, while Brian's parents are on the verge of divorce.
Splendor (2000)
, 1h33Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kathleen Robertson, Johnathon Schaech, Matt Keeslar, Kelly Macdonald, Eric Mabius, Adam Carolla
Rating60%
When struggling Los Angeles actor Veronica finds herself simultaneously falling in love with a sensitive writer named Abel and an air-headed drummer named Zed, she initially tries to see them both without the other finding out, and then to choose between them. When she is unable to do so, she begins openly dating them both, and the three eventually move in together, forming a unique yet functional group relationship. Veronica's friend Mike is critical of their relationship, though she warms to the concept over time. Abel and Zed are initially antagonistic to one another but grow closer over time, eventually becoming closer to one another than either of them are to Veronica. When Veronica becomes pregnant, the relationship becomes strained and she eventually leaves both Abel and Zed for charming director Ernest, whom she agrees to marry despite not loving. At the film's climax, Abel and Zed race across the city at Mike's urging to stop the wedding and win her back.
Nowhere (1997)
, 1h25Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors James Duval, Rachel True, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi Mazar, Nathan Bexton, Kathleen Robertson
Rating65%
Dark Smith (James Duval) is an alienated, 18-year-old young man struggling with daily life, fluctuating romantic status with his bisexual, polyamorous girlfriend Mel (Rachel True) and conflicting feelings for a shy gay classmate, Montgomery (Nathan Bexton). The day starts off normally enough with Dark meeting up with his friends which include the intelligent Dingbat (Christina Applegate), Montgomery, Mel and her purple-haired, acid-tongued lesbian lover Lucifer (Kathleen Robertson) for breakfast at their local coffeehouse hangout, The Hole. Various mentions of a party at Jujyfruit's (Gibby Haynes) along with plans for a drug-fueled game of kick-the-can are made and the story segues into portions of the goings-on of the lives of other characters.
The Doom Generation (1995)
, 1h25Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Road movies, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rose McGowan, James Duval, Johnathon Schaech, Dustin Nguyen, Cress Williams, Parker Posey
Rating61%
Teenage lovers Jordan White and Amy Blue pick up a handsome drifter named Xavier Red while driving home from a club. Jordan gives Xavier the nickname "X". A late-night stop at a convenience store leaves the three on the run when X accidentally kills the store's owner, forcing the trio to hide in a motel to avoid arrest. While Jordan and Amy have sex in the bathtub, X learns from the local television news program that the store owner's wife disemboweled her children with a machete before committing suicide, thus, he concludes, removing any possibility of the trio being caught by the police.
Totally F***ed Up (1994)
, 1h18Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors James Duval, Roko Belić, Craig Gilmore
Rating64%
The plot is concerned with six teenagers, four of whom are gay men, the other two a "traditional" lesbian couple. The plot is spliced with segments of other material and occasional tangents not central to the plot, but it mainly follows a linear structure. Araki has constructed the film in 15 parts, which is described in the opening titles.
The Living End (1992)
, 1h32Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Road movies, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Craig Gilmore, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel
Rating65%
Luke is a restless and reckless drifter and Jon is a relatively timid and pessimistic film critic. Both are gay and HIV positive. After an unconventional meeting, and after Luke kills a homophobic police officer, they go on a road trip with the motto "Fuck everything."
, 1h27Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Marcus D'Amico
Rating53%
La vraie vie de Martin Harakosky, ancien écrivain au foyer.
, 1h32Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating57%
The film revolves around Alicia, a video artist, her live-in boyfriend Craig, a journalist and frustrated actor, and David, Alicia's best friend and a gay performance artist. Through a series of telephone calls and coffee shop conversations, Craig and Alicia split up and Craig and David take tentative steps toward a relationship.
Scriptwriter
White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
, 1h31Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni, Ava Acres, Shiloh Fernandez, Angela Bassett
Roles Ecrivain
Rating63%
In 1988, when Katrina "Kat" Connors (Shailene Woodley) was age 17, her mother, Eve (Eva Green), disappeared without a word. The story weaves back-and-forth with flashbacks of Eve's past life and the present day.
Kaboom (2010)
, 1h26Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror, Crime, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Comedy science fiction films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Thomas Dekker, Juno Temple, Haley Bennett, Roxane Mesquida, Brennan Alexander Mejia, James Duval
Rating56%
Smith is an 18-year-old film student who identifies sexually as "undeclared". He has been having strange dreams. He is going to college with his best friend, Stella, whom he has known since junior high. Smith finds a note saying that he is the "chosen son". He has a roommate, Thor, whom he lusts after, regretting that Thor is straight. Stella goes to a party with Smith, but hooks up with another girl, Lorelei. He recognizes Lorelei as one of the people in his dream. Smith notices a guy, but is distracted when a red-haired girl from his dream vomits on his shoe. The guy vanishes, but Smith gets picked up by London, a British student. They have sex, but to Smith's regret she does not want to be with him except during the sex.
Mysterious Skin (2005)
, 1h45Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about pedophilia, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Chase Ellison, Michelle Trachtenberg, David Lee Smith, Bill Sage
Rating75%
Born in 1972 in Kansas, 8-year-olds Neil McCormick and Brian Lackey are sexually abused by their baseball coach. Both boys are targets for abuse due to their dysfunctional families: Neil's single mother, Ellen, is neglectful and preoccupied with a string of boyfriends, while Brian's parents are on the verge of divorce.
Splendor (2000)
, 1h33Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kathleen Robertson, Johnathon Schaech, Matt Keeslar, Kelly Macdonald, Eric Mabius, Adam Carolla
Roles Writer
Rating60%
When struggling Los Angeles actor Veronica finds herself simultaneously falling in love with a sensitive writer named Abel and an air-headed drummer named Zed, she initially tries to see them both without the other finding out, and then to choose between them. When she is unable to do so, she begins openly dating them both, and the three eventually move in together, forming a unique yet functional group relationship. Veronica's friend Mike is critical of their relationship, though she warms to the concept over time. Abel and Zed are initially antagonistic to one another but grow closer over time, eventually becoming closer to one another than either of them are to Veronica. When Veronica becomes pregnant, the relationship becomes strained and she eventually leaves both Abel and Zed for charming director Ernest, whom she agrees to marry despite not loving. At the film's climax, Abel and Zed race across the city at Mike's urging to stop the wedding and win her back.