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Gregg Araki

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Gregg Araki

Born
(age 66)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
30 titles

Biography

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.

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Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 5

YearTitleRole
2025 Everybody Wants to Be Gen X Film Self
2007 Indie Sex TV Self (1 ep)
2001 Rescued from the Closet Film Self
1995 The Doom Generation Film
1995 At Sundance Film Self

Crew credits 26

YearTitleJob
TBA The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization Film Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
2026 I Want Your Sex Film Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
2022 DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story TV Director (1 ep)
2022 American Gigolo TV Director (1 ep)
2019 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing Film Director
2019 Now Apocalypse TV Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Creator (1 ep)
2018 Heathers TV Director (2 ep)
2017 13 Reasons Why TV Director (4 ep)
2017 Riverdale TV Director (1 ep)
2016 Greenleaf TV Director (1 ep)
2015 American Crime TV Director (1 ep)
2014 White Bird in a Blizzard Film Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
2014 Red Oaks TV Director (2 ep)
2010 Kaboom Film Screenplay, Director, Editor, Producer
2008 Protect You + Me Film Thanks
2007 Smiley Face Film Director, Producer, Editor
2005 Mysterious Skin Film Screenplay, Director, Producer, Editor
2000 This Is How the World Ends TV Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Creator (1 ep)
2000 But I'm a Cheerleader Film Thanks
1999 Splendor Film Writer, Producer, Director, Supervising Film Editor
1997 Nowhere Film Producer, Director, Editor, Writer
1995 The Doom Generation Film Producer, Editor, Writer, Director
1994 Totally F***ed Up Film Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Producer
1992 The Living End Film Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
1989 the long weekend (o' despair) Film Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
1987 Three Bewildered People in the Night Film Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
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