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Nick Zedd (né James Franklyn Harding III; January 25, 1956 – February 27, 2022) was an American filmmaker, author, and painter based in Mexico 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.
Feb 28, 2022 · Subterranean filmmaker Nick Zedd, founder of the Cinema of Transgression movement and an uncompromising auteur whose crude, no-budget oeuvre influenced filmmakers from Christoph Schlingensief to Quentin Tarantino, died early Sunday in Mexico City, where he lived, at the age of sixty-three.
NYC Cinema of Transgression founder Nick Zedd passed away February 27, 2022. I’ve written about his work over the decades, even performing on the same bill as him at the Montreal Shock Art Festival in 1988.
Jun 6, 2014 · Zedd is a legend among no-budget directors, called by some the King of Underground Film—a glowering scarecrow with blood-red hair and combat boots.
Nick Zedd was born on 8 May 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Geek Maggot Bingo or the Freak from Suckweasel Mountain (1983), War Is Menstrual Envy (1992) and Scumbag (2017). He was married to Monica Casanova. He died on 27 February 2022 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Mar 14, 2012 · Downtown low-budget shock king Nick Zedd on why his movies aren’t pretty. One of the most identifiable figureheads of the Cinema of Transgression movement in New York City in the 1980s, Nick Zedd is known for his abrasive low-budget films full of sex, suicide, drugs and weird creatures.
Oct 31, 2017 · Nick Zedd (né James Franklyn Harding III; January 25, 1956 – February 27, 2022) was an American filmmaker, author, and painter based in Mexico 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.
