15 Facts About Gregg Araki

Gregg Araki was born on December 17,1959 and is an American filmmaker.

Gregg Araki is noted for his involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement.

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

Gregg Araki later attended the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 1985.

Gregg Araki made his directorial debut in 1987 with Three Bewildered People in the Night.

Two years later, Gregg Araki followed up with The Long Weekend, another film with a $5,000 budget.

Gregg Araki often had to shoot his early movies spontaneously and without proper permits.

Gregg Araki 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.

Gregg Araki's following film, Splendor, was both an homage to screwball comedies of the 1940s and 1950s and a response to the controversy surrounding his ongoing relationship with actress Kathleen Robertson.

Gregg Araki 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.

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

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

Gregg 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 Gregg Araki's work is the frequent presence of shoegaze music.

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