Gregg Araki

Directing

Gregg Araki

Born 17 December 1959 · Los Angeles, California, USA · 66

Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His Teenage Apocalypse film trilogy, consisting of Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995) and Nowhere (1997), has been heralded as a cult classic. His film Kaboom (2010) was the inaugural winner of the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. On January 23, 2026, his erotic comedy thriller film I Want Your Sex starring Olivia Wilde premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregg Araki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Highlights

Riverdale2017 · Series · Director
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story2022 · Series · Director
13 Reasons Why2017 · Series · Director
Mysterious Skin2005 · Film · Director
White Bird in a Blizzard2014 · Film · Screenplay
The Doom Generation1995 · Film

Filmography

Movies

13 films

I Want Your Sex2026 · Film · Writer
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing2019 · Film · Director
White Bird in a Blizzard2014 · Film · Screenplay
Kaboom2010 · Film · Screenplay
Smiley Face2007 · Film · Director
Mysterious Skin2005 · Film · Director
Splendor1999 · Film · Director
Nowhere1997 · Film · Director
The Doom Generation1995 · Film
Totally F***ed Up1994 · Film · Director
The Living End1992 · Film · Director
the long weekend (o' despair)1989 · Film · Director
Three Bewildered People in the Night1987 · Film · Writer

Filmography

Series

10 shows

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story2022 · Series · Director
American Gigolo2022 · Series · Director
Now Apocalypse2019 · Series · Writer
Heathers2018 · Series · Director
13 Reasons Why2017 · Series · Director
Riverdale2017 · Series · Director
Greenleaf2016 · Series · Director
American Crime2015 · Series · Director
Red Oaks2014 · Series · Director
This Is How the World Ends2000 · Series · Director