Nick Zedd (born Jan 25, 1958 in Takoma Park, Maryland) is a New York City based filmmaker and author. 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. These filmmakers and artistic collaborators included Richard Kern, Tessa Hughes Freeland, Lung Leg, and Lydia Lunch. Under numerous pen names Zedd edited and wrote the Underground Film Bulletin (1984-90) which publicised the work of these filmmakers. The Cinema of Transgression is explored in Jack Sargeant's bookDeathtripping Creation Books. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Location Location in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Maryland Montgomery Founded Incorporated 1883 1890 Mayor Kathryn H. Porter Geographical characteristics Area     City 5. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Cinema of Transgression is a term coined by Nick Zedd in 1985 to describe, a New York City based underground film movement, consisting of a loose-knit group of like-minded artists using shock value and humor in their work. ... This article is about the year. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Richard Kern (born 1954) is a New York underground filmmaker and photographer. ... Lung Leg lurking in the mirror in her 2005 self-portrait entitled Lurking in the Mirror. ... Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester, New York) is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year. ... Jack Sargeant (12 March 1968) is the author of several books on underground film, including: Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression, about Cinema of Transgression filmmakers such as Richard Kern and Nick Zedd, Naked Lens: Beat Cinema, and Cinema Contra Cinema, a collection of essays on alternative film. ... Creation Books is a British publishing house. ...

Zedd has directed several super-low-budget movies, including the feature length They Eat Scum and Geek Maggot Bingo, as well as numerous short films. With Rev. Jen Miller he is the co-creator of the public access television series Electra Elf (2004-) and the author of two books, Bleed (1992, Hanuman Books) and Totem of the Depraved, (1996, 2.13.61Publications) both of which are autobiographical. Template:Unrefenced A no budget film is an extremeley cheaply produced film using very little or no money to the cost of the picture. ... Reverend Jen Miller (also known as Saint Reverend Jen and Reverend Jen, born Jennifer Miller in 1972 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a performer, actress, writer, prophet, painter, director,preacher, poet, and a self-described Patron Saint of the Uncool and Voice of the Downtrodden and Tired from Manhattan, New... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Released in 1983 and published by Henry Rollins 2. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ...

He is the director of photography on another TV series called "Chop Chop" (2007) produced by Nate Hill. Additional writing by Zedd is featured in Up Is Up But So Is Down (NYU Press) as well as in Captured (7 Stories Press), Low Rent (Grove Press) and Bleed (Hanuman Books). Nick Zedd performed in a noise unit called Zyklon B, releasing a single called Consume and Die in 2000. Chop Chop may refer to: A colloquial expression often used when speaking to children, which means Hurry! It is a pidgin-Chinese term now frequently considered racist. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Nathaniel Hill (February 21, 1966 – September 18, 2007) was an American football defensive end in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, and the Washington Redskins. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Zedd toured with Lisa Crystal Carver's Suckdog Circus and exhibited his films in the early 1990s. Lisa Crystal Carvers (AKA Lisa Suckdog) writing in Rollerderby, made her one of the most well known writers of the zine boom in the early 90s, along with scribes like Pagan Kennedy. ... The Suckdog Circus toured every state in the continental United States for several years, performing a mix of wrestling, musical performances, film-screenings and general audience agitation. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Important essays outlining Zedd's philosophy are the Cinema of Transgression Manifesto, published pseudonymously in the Underground Film Bulletin and The Theory of Xenomorphosis (1998). For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... The Cinema of Transgression is a term coined by Nick Zedd in 1985 to describe, a New York City based underground film movement, consisting of a loose-knit group of like-minded artists using shock value and humor in their work. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

Additionally, Nick Zedd has acted in such super-low-budget films as the Super-8 film The Manhattan Love Suicides (1985), What About Me (1993), Bubblegum (1995), Jonas In The Desert (1997),Troma Films' Terror Firmer (1999) and Thus Spake Zarathustra (2001). Super 8 can refer to: Super 8 Motels, a national motel chain Super 8mm film, a form of film often used for home movies, most popular in the 60s and 70s This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Troma is a film production and distribution company, started by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz that, since 1974, has been producing low budget independent movies non-stop. ... Terror Firmer is an American film. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Filmography

• They Eat Scum (1979)
• "The Bogus Man" (1980)
• Geek Maggot Bingo (1983)
• "The Wild World of Lydia Lunch" (1983"
• "Thrust In Me" (1984)
• " Kiss Me Goodbye" (1985)
• "Go To Hell" (1985)
• Police State (1987)
• Whoregasm (1988)
• War Is Menstrual Envy (1992)
• "Smiling Faces Tell Lies" (1995)
• "Why Do You Exist" (1998)
• "Tom Thumb in the Land of the Giants" (1999)
• Ecstasy In Entropy (1999)
• "I of K9" (2001)
• "Elf Panties: The Movie" (2001)
• Lord of the Cockrings (2001)
• Thus Spake Zarathustra (2001)
• "I Was a Quality of Life Violation" (2002)
• "Electra Elf: Dance With the Devil" (2003)
• "Electra Elf: Maggot on a Hot Tin Roof" (2003)
• "Electra Elf: Old Man & the Sea Monkey" (2003)
• "Electra Elf: Great Shrunken Expectations" (2004)
• "Electra Elf: Roof Party" (2004)
• "Electra Elf: I, Nauseus" (2004)
• "Electra Elf: Hellbound Heiresses" (2004)
• "Electra Elf: Deadly Little Trees" (2005)
• "Electra Elf: Triumph of the Ill" (2005)
• "Electra Elf: Of Lice And Men" (2005)
• "Electra Elf: The Beginning Parts One & Two" (2005)
• "Electra Elf: Don't Worry Bee Happy" (2006)
• "Electra Elf: Vile Buddies" (2006)
• "Electra Elf: Battle of the Bands" (2006)
• "Electra Elf: No Plague Like Home" (2007)
• "Electra Elf: We All Scream For Ice Cream" (2007)

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Further reading

• Nick Zedd's homepage
• Nick Zedd at the Internet Movie Database

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External links

• Official Myspace page for "Llik your idols", a documentary about the Cinema of Transgression featuring Nick Zedd
• Website of Electra Elf
• Promo of Electra Elf
• Streaming episodes of Electra Elf
• Films from the Cinema of Transgression at UbuWeb.