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Gregg Araki was born on 17 December, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, U.S., is an American film director. Discover Gregg Araki's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Occupation Film director, screenwriter, producer
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 17 December, 1959
Birthday 17 December
Birthplace Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1959

Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker.

He is noted for his heavy involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement.

Araki was born in Los Angeles on December 17, 1959, to Japanese American parents.

He grew up in nearby Santa Barbara, California and enrolled in college at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

1982

He graduated with a B.A. from UCSB in 1982.

1985

He later attended the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where he graduated with a M.F.A. in 1985.

1987

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 sweet-heart, and her gay friend.

Two years later, Araki followed up with The Long Weekend (O' Despair), another film with a $5,000 budget.

1992

His third film, The Living End (1992), saw an increase to $20,000.

He had to shoot his early movies often spontaneously and lacking proper permits.

Despite the financial constraints, Araki's 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.

1993

Araki's next three movies—Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995), and Nowhere (1997)—were collectively dubbed the Teenage Apocalypse trilogy.

The trio has been characterized as "... teen alienation, hazy sexuality and aggression."

A former student of his at UC Santa Barbara, Andrea Sperling, co-produced the films with him.

The trilogy saw Araki work increasingly with more notable actors and actresses including Rose McGowan, Margaret Cho, Parker Posey, Guillermo Díaz, Ryan Phillippe, Heather Graham, and Mena Suvari among others.

The trilogy received varying degrees of reviews, from a thumbs down and "zero stars" by Roger Ebert to "Literally the Best Thing Ever" by Rookie, and were eventually heralded as cult classics.

1999

Araki's following film, Splendor (1999), was both an homage to screwball comedies of the 1940s and 1950s and a response to the controversy surrounding his ongoing relationship (despite Araki self-identifying as gay) with actress Kathleen Robertson.

Hailed as the director's most optimistic film to date, it made its premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.

Araki's next project was the ill-fated MTV production This Is How the World Ends, which was originally planned with a budget of $1.5 million.

He viewed it as a chance to reach the masses through MTV's viewership and signed on to do the project despite the budget being cut to $700,000.

Araki wrote, directed, and shot the pilot episode, but ultimately MTV decided against the project and the effort never aired.

2004

Following a short hiatus, Araki returned in 2004 with the critically acclaimed Mysterious Skin, based on the 1995 Scott Heim novel of the same name.

This marked the first time that Araki worked with someone else's source material.

2006

Araki has also been honored with the 2006 Filmmaker on the Edge Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.

2007

Araki's next feature was the stoner comedy Smiley Face (2007), featuring Anna Faris, Adam Brody, and John Krasinski, written by Dylan Haggerty.

It marked a stark change from the dark, heavy drama of Mysterious Skin, a change purposely planned by Araki.

It received very favorable reviews, with some describing it as another of Araki's potential cult classics.

2010

His film Kaboom (2010) was the first winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm.

Kaboom marked Araki's tenth film and made its premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

It was awarded the first ever Queer Palm for its contribution to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.

In 2010, Kaboom was named the first ever winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm.

2013

In 2013, Araki was recognized by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City with the retrospective God Help Me: Gregg Araki.

Araki has previously self-identified as "a gay Asian American".

2014

Araki followed that film with White Bird in a Blizzard (2014), which was given limited release to mixed reviews.

2019

Araki returned to television with the 2019 series Now Apocalypse, co-executive produced by Gregory Jacobs and Steven Soderbergh on Starz.

One notable feature of Araki's work is the frequent presence of shoegaze music.

This was first seen in the soundtrack of Totally Fucked Up, and was also substantially featured in the films Nowhere and Mysterious Skin.

Both The Living End and Nowhere owe their titles to this shoegaze influence: The Living End after The Jesus and Mary Chain song of the same name, and Nowhere after Ride's album Nowhere.