Simon Nuchtern

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

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

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. Following the dissolution of August Films in 1989, he founded a smaller-scale film and video production company, Katina Productions.

He is married to artist Anna Thornhill.

Selected filmography

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

External links

at IMDb
– Nuchtern's production company