Gregg Araki
Gregg Araki | |
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Araki in 2014 | |
| Born | December 17, 1959 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.) University of Southern California (M.F.A.) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Style | New Queer Cinema |
Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His Teenage Apocalypse film trilogy, consisting of Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995) and Nowhere (1997), has been heralded as a cult classic. His film Kaboom (2010) was the inaugural winner of the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.