| Birth Place: | Belgium |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Filmmaker |
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]
His films include Cowards (1970), a drama which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival;[5] [6] the 3D horror film Silent Madness (1984); and the action film Savage Dawn (1985), starring Lance Henriksen, George Kennedy, and Karen Black.[7]
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.[8] [9] Following the dissolution of August Films in 1989, he founded a smaller-scale film and video production company, Katina Productions.[10]
He is married to artist Anna Thornhill.
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Girl Grabbers | |||||
| 1969 | To Hex with Sex | |||||
| 1970 | Cowards[11] | Reissued as Love-In '72 with new footage.[12] | ||||
| 1972 | Alternative titles: What Do I Tell the Boys at the Station? and That Man Is Pregnant![13] | |||||
| 1976 | The Bodyguard[14] | Recut U.S. edition of Japanese film Karate Kiba (1973); directed new prologue. | ||||
| 1976 | Snuff [15] | Filmed in Argentina by Michael and Roberta Findlay as The Slaughter (1971); directed new epilogue for reissue (uncredited). | ||||
| 1981 | Strong Medicine[16] | Directed by Richard Foreman. | ||||
| 1984 | New York Nights[17] | Loosely based on Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde.[18] | ||||
| 1984 | Silent Madness[19] | Filmed in 3D. | ||||
| 1985 | Savage Dawn | |||||
| 1988 | Rejuvenatrix | Directed by Brian Thomas Jones. |
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