Gregg Araki

Director

Birthday December 17, 1959

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace California

Age 64 years old

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About

Indie filmmaker of the New Gay Cinema movement who directed The Living End about two HIV-positive men and Smiley Face starring Anna Faris.

Before Fame

He attended USC and UC Santa Barbara.

Trivia

His 1992 film The Living End was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He received the Filmmaker on the Edge award at Provincetown International Film Festival in 2006.

Family Life

He identified as gay until 1997 when he started a relationship with Kathleen Robertson. After the relationship ended, he identified himself as bisexual.

Associated With

He directed Mysterious Skin starring Joseph Gordon Levitt.