Nick Zedd

Known for: Directing
Born: January 25, 1958, Baltimore, Maryland
Died: February 27, 2022
Movies: 80

Nick Zedd was an American filmmaker and author based in New York City. He coined the term "Cinema of Transgression" in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using shock value and black humor in their work. Zedd directed several super-low-budget movies, including the feature length They Eat Scum and Geek Maggot Bingo, as well as numerous short films.

Best-Known Movies

5.9

Joe's Apartment

1996

6.0

Terror Firmer

1999

4.1

Dark Forces

2020

5.2

Submit to Me

1985

5.0

Submit to Me Now

1987

6.9

Blank City

2011

4.2

Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain

1983

5.7

Manhattan Love Suicides

1985

4.7

Mutable Fire!

1984

6.2

Thrust in Me

1985

Filmography

2023	Impression X	(segment "Paradise Lost")
2020	Dark Forces	Demon
2017	Attack of the Particle Disruptors
2017	Scumbag	Brian
2015	Paradise Lost
2014	Halloween 1990	Himself
2012	The Hardcore Collection	(archive footage)
2011	Blank City	Self
2010	Con Artist	Self
2009	The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody	Agent 4
2007	365 Day Project	Self
2007	Kill the Artist	Self
2007	Llik Your Idols	Himself
2007	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Self
2004	Other People's Mirrors	the alien spirit of Narcissus
2003	Rockets Redglare!	Self
2001	Thus Spake Zarathustra
2000	The Hardcore Collection
1999	Terror Firmer	Doctor Fershlugglner
1999	In Bad Taste	Self
1999	Tom Thumb in the Land of the Giants	Phantom
1996	Bubblegum
1996	Joe's Apartment	Pizza Couple
1996	Strange Love
1994	Jonas in the Desert	Self
1993	What About Me	Tom
1993	No Age New York	Self
1992	War Is Menstrual Envy
1991	Shadows in the City	Demagogue
1989	No Such Thing as Gravity	Adam Malkonian, Esq.
1989	We Are Not To Blame
1988	Whoregasm
1987	Police State	Kid
1987	Submit to Me Now
1986	Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986	Kiss Me Goodbye
1986	King of Sex
1986	Go to Hell
1986	The Promised Land
1985	Thrust in Me	Man / Woman
1985	Manhattan Love Suicides	Poor Man / Man / Woman (segment "Woman at the Wheel" & "Thrust in Me")
1985	Woman at the Wheel	Poor Man
1985	Submit to Me
1984	Simonland
1983	The Wild World of Lydia Lunch	Himself
1983	Totem of the Depraved

Directing, Writing & Producing

2023	Impression X	Director
2018	Nick Zedd - Beyond Transgression: New Short Movies!	Director
2017	The Death of Muffinhead	Director, Writer
2017	Attack of the Particle Disruptors	Director
2017	Werewolf Bitches from Outer Space	Director
2017	Demonica	Director
2017	Eclipse of the Ectoparasite	Director
2015	Paradise Lost	Director
2014	Love Always Love	Director
2005	Electra Elf: The Beginning	Director
2004	I Was a Quality of Life Violation	Director, Writer, Producer
2001	Abnormal: The Sinema of Nick Zedd	Director, Writer
2001	Lord of the Cockrings	Director
2001	Thus Spake Zarathustra	Director, Producer
2001	Elf Panties: The Movie	Director
2001	Imitation of Kiss	Director
1999	Tom Thumb in the Land of the Giants	Director, Writer
1999	Ecstasy in Entropy	Director, Writer
1998	Why Do You Exist?	Director
1995	Smiling Faces Tell Lies	Director, Writer
1992	War Is Menstrual Envy	Director, Writer, Producer
1988	Whoregasm	Director, Writer
1987	Police State	Director, Writer, Producer
1986	Kiss Me Goodbye	Director, Writer
1986	Go to Hell	Director
1985	Thrust in Me	Director, Writer
1985	Manhattan Love Suicides	Director, Writer
1984	School of Shame	Director
1984	Mutable Fire!	Producer
1983	Geek Maggot Bingo or The Freak from Suckweasel Mountain	Director, Screenplay
1983	The Wild World of Lydia Lunch	Director, Writer
1983	Totem of the Depraved	Writer
1980	The Bogus Man	Director, Writer
1979	They Eat Scum	Director, Writer

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