Simon Nuchtern

{{short description|Belgian-born American filmmaker (born 1936)}}

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Simon Nuchtern (born 1936) is a Belgian-born American filmmaker who is based in New York.{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Angela |title=There They Are in Aaron Burr's House in SoHo – Dreaming |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/18/archives/there-they-are-in-aaron-burrs-house-in-soho-dreaming.html |work=New York Times |date=March 18, 1976 }}{{cite news |last1=Ebron |first1=Betty Liu |title=Romance on the Run |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22699597/ |work=New York Daily News |date=November 1, 1987 |via=Newspapers.com}} He has directed, written, and produced a number of low-budget and independent films since the 1960s.{{cite book |last1=Borseti |first1=Francesco |title=It Came from the 80s! Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476625638 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3jpDAAAQBAJ&q=%22simon+nuchtern%22&pg=PA195 |page=195}}{{cite book |last1=Albright |first1=Brian |title=Regional Horror Films, 1958–1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews |date=2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476600420 |page=266 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39jxgdy3IhcC&q=%22simon+nuchtern%22&pg=PA266}}

His films include Cowards (1970), a drama which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival;{{cite web |title=Cowards (Directors' Fortnight)|url=https://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/en/film/cowards/ |website=Quinzaine des Réalisateurs |accessdate=11 August 2018}}{{cite news |title=Bothol Promise |last=Starr|first=Mark|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22695430/ |work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |date=November 13, 1972 |location=Rochester, New York |page=2C|via=Newspapers.com}} the 3D horror film Silent Madness (1984); and the action film Savage Dawn (1985), starring Lance Henriksen, George Kennedy, and Karen Black.{{cite book |last1=Puchalski |first1=Steven |title=Slimetime: A Guide to Sleazy, Mindless Movies |date=2002 |publisher=Headpress/Critical Vision |isbn=9781900486217 |page=251 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncsUqOUZ4roC&q=nuchtern+savage+dawn&pg=PA251}}

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.{{cite book |last1=Kerekes |first1=David |title=Killing for Culture: From Edison to Isis: A New History of Death on Film |date=2016 |publisher=Headpress |isbn=9781909394353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MI5XDwAAQBAJ&q=Simon+Nuchtern&pg=PT40}}{{cite book |last1=Thrower |first1=Stephen |title=Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents |authorlink=Stephen Thrower|date=2014 |publisher=Fab Press |location=Surrey, England |isbn=9781903254462 |edition=3rd}} Following the dissolution of August Films in 1989, he founded a smaller-scale film and video production company, Katina Productions.{{cite web |title=About - Katina Productions |url=https://www.katinaproductions.com/about/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831113422/https://www.katinaproductions.com/about/|archivedate=31 August 2018|website=Katina Productions |accessdate=15 August 2018}}

He is married to artist Anna Thornhill.