Simon Nuchtern (born 1936) is a Belgian-born American filmmaker who is based in New York.[1][2] He has directed, written, and produced a number of low-budget and independent films since the 1960s.[3][4][5]

His films include Cowards (1970), a drama which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival;[6][7] the 3D horror film Silent Madness (1984);[8] and the action film Savage Dawn (1985), starring Lance Henriksen, George Kennedy, and Karen Black.[9]

Nuchtern was president of August Films (established 1967), a production and post-production company. During the 1970s he was involved in the re-editing of several foreign-shot films prior to their distribution in the United States, notably the controversial Snuff (1976), which was marketed to exploit rumors of the existence of real-life snuff films.[10][3] Following the dissolution of August Films in 1989, he founded a smaller-scale film and video production company, Katina Productions.[11]

He is married to artist Anna Thornhill.[1]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1968	The Girl Grabbers [12]	Y	Y	Y
1969	To Hex with Sex [12]	Y	Y	Y
1970	Cowards [13]	Y	Y	Y	Reissued as Love-In '72 with new footage.[14]
1972	The Broad Coalition [12]	Y	Y		Alternative titles: What Do I Tell the Boys at the Station? [7] and That Man Is Pregnant! [15]
1976	The Bodyguard [16]	Y			Recut U.S. edition of Japanese film Karate Kiba (1973); directed new prologue.
1976	Snuff [17]	Y			Filmed in Argentina by Michael and Roberta Findlay as The Slaughter (1971); directed new epilogue for reissue (uncredited).
1981	Strong Medicine [18]		Y		Directed by Richard Foreman.
1984	New York Nights [8]	Y			Loosely based on Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde.[19]
1984	Silent Madness [20]	Y	Y		Filmed in 3D.[5]
1985	Savage Dawn [16]	Y
1988	Rejuvenatrix [4]			Y	Directed by Brian Thomas Jones.

References

External links

• Simon Nuchtern at IMDb
• Katina Productions – Nuchtern's production company