Nick Zedd
American filmmaker and writer · United States · On the map · Directors · Lived 1958 to 2022 · aged 63
Nick Zedd was an American filmmaker, author, and painter based in Mexico City. He coined the term Cinema of Transgression in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using shock value and black humor in their work.
Nick Zedd is read about 55 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 August 2026
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Something wrong?A life in dates
ScumbagFilm, Brian2011
Blank CityFilm2007
365 Day ProjectFilm2005
The Adventures of Electra ElfSeries, Director, Writer2003
Rockets Redglare!Film2001
Elf Panties: The MovieFilm, Director1998
Why Do You Exist?Film, Director1994
Jonas in the DesertFilm1992
War Is Menstrual EnvyFilm, Director, Writer1989
No Such Thing as GravityFilm, Adam Malkonian, Esq.1986
Go to HellFilm, Director1984
Mutable Fire!Film, Producer1983
Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel MountainFilm, Director, Writer1979
They Eat ScumFilm, Director, Writer1958Born8 May 1958People around Nick
Close ties
Richard Hell Nick directed Geek Maggot Bingo (1983)
Richard Kern Also in Manhattan Love Suicides and Thrust in Me
Griffin Dunne Produced Joe's Apartment (1996)
Lloyd Kaufman Produced Terror Firmer (1999)
Michael Herz Produced Terror Firmer (1999)
Rockets Redglare Also in Police State and What About Me
Jen Miller Also in Elf Panties: The Movie (2001)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 1
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About this person
These filmmakers and artistic collaborators included Richard Kern, Tessa Hughes Freeland, Lung Leg, Kembra Pfahler, Jack Smith and Lydia Lunch. Under numerous pen names, Zedd edited and wrote the Underground Film Bulletin (1984-1990) which publicized the work of these filmmakers. The Cinema of Transgression was explored in Jack Sargeant's book Deathtripping.
