Directing
Gregg Araki
EN cinema · 19 credits
Born
17 December 1959 (age 66)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
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. On January 23, 2026, his erotic comedy thriller film I Want Your Sex starring Olivia Wilde premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregg Araki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization
The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
I Want Your Sex
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
White Bird in a Blizzard
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Kaboom
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Smiley Face
Director, Producer, Editor
Mysterious Skin
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Splendor
Director, Writer, Producer, Supervising Film Editor, Editor
Nowhere
Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
At Sundance
as Self
The Doom Generation
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Totally F***ed Up
Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Producer
The Living End
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
the long weekend (o' despair)
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Three Bewildered People in the Night
Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor