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Eric Michael Kochmer

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Eric Michael Kochmer
A documentary filmmaker's obsession with his subject,  the 'King' of snuff films,  endangers those closet to him when he encounters the darkest recesses of the soul.
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From a Place of Darkness (2008)
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Kochmer is a writer/director/producer with a background in experimental theater and experimental film, mentoring under Elizabeth Swados at LaMama Theatre while attending Marymount Manhattan College and George Landow/Owen Land shortly after college. Between 2006 and 2012, he appeared in over 40 feature and short films before moving behind the camera. For the next eight years he dove into directing/producing/editing/writing low budget independent feature films and short films. His work encompassed 4 feature films, 10 short films and a series of over 100 segments. Turning into a combination of a creative producer and a line producer, he has consulted now on over 500 films and regularly works as a line producer and creative producer independently and for companies like Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and R&R Media.
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    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Known for

    About Strangers: Road Series Volume One (2018)
    About Strangers: Road Series Volume One
    • Producer
    • 2018
    Everything Unspoken (2004)
    Everything Unspoken
    7.7
    • Actor
    • 2004
    Way Down in Chinatown (2014)
    Way Down in Chinatown
    6.7
    • Producer
    • 2014
    White Rabbit (2015)
    White Rabbit
    3.3
    • Ricky Ray
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Starfisher
      • producer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Swole Mate
      • producer
      • In Production
      • TV Series
    • Shook
      • line producer
      • Completed
    • On the Road to Hana
      • producer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • The Unicorn Diaries
      • associate producer
      • Post-production
    • Buffalo Daze
      • producer
      • Completed
    • Friendsgiving
      • assistant producer
      • In Production
      • Short
    • Touched
      • executive producer
      • Completed
      • Short



    • Tristan Nokes, Meredith Binder, Jeremy Hallam, Chelsea Edmundson, and Sanae Loutsis in The Death of Snow White (2025)
      The Death of Snow White
      7.4
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Mask
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Leticia LaBelle in Lost Memories (2017)
      Lost Memories
      TV Series
      • line producer
      • producer
      • 2022–2024
    • Johnny Marfa and the Lights: Keep on L-I-V-I-N (2024)
      Johnny Marfa and the Lights: Keep on L-I-V-I-N
      Music Video
      • producer
      • 2024
    • DM from Charlie (2024)
      DM from Charlie
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Killing All My Sisters (2024)
      Killing All My Sisters
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • line producer
      • 2024
    • Yvonne Zima, Heidi N Closet, Ginger Minj, and Marta Beatchu in Stan Behavior (2024)
      Stan Behavior
      6.8
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • The Knowing (2024)
      The Knowing
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • For the Love of Lily (2024)
      For the Love of Lily
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • line producer
      • 2024
    • Love's Fast Lane (2023)
      Love's Fast Lane
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • line producer
      • 2023
    • The Fall (2023)
      The Fall
      Music Video
      • producer
      • 2023
    • The Parade of Sadness (2023)
      The Parade of Sadness
      Short
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Avelyn Choi and Laike Glesne in Searching for Yoo (2023)
      Searching for Yoo
      • producer
      • 2023
    • The Flower of Battle (2023)
      The Flower of Battle
      9.4
      Short
      • associate producer
      • 2023
    • John Kerry in 'tu: li: (2023)
      'tu: li:
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 2023

    Director



    • On the Road to Hana
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • Mask
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • The Parade of Sadness (2023)
      The Parade of Sadness
      Short
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Jack Zullo in Jack Made A Play About John (2021)
      Jack Made A Play About John
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Her and Him (2021)
      Her and Him
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Things That Died That Won't Go Away (2020)
      Things That Died That Won't Go Away
      Video
      • Director
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume V (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume V
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume IV (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume IV
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume III (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume III
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume II (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume II
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume I (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume I
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • I've Said and Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume VI (2020)
      I've Said and Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume VI
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • The Long Ride (2019)
      The Long Ride
      Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Inside of Her (2019)
      Inside of Her
      Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • The Smell of Bacon (2019)
      The Smell of Bacon
      Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • I'm Trashed (2019)
      I'm Trashed
      Video
      • Director
      • 2019

    Writer



    • On the Road to Hana
      • Writer
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • The Parade of Sadness (2023)
      The Parade of Sadness
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Things That Died That Won't Go Away (2020)
      Things That Died That Won't Go Away
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume V (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume V
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume IV (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume IV
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume III (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume III
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume II (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume II
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume I (2020)
      I've Said And Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume I
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • I've Said and Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume VI (2020)
      I've Said and Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember Volume VI
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • The Long Ride (2019)
      The Long Ride
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Inside of Her (2019)
      Inside of Her
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • The Smell of Bacon (2019)
      The Smell of Bacon
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • I'm Trashed (2019)
      I'm Trashed
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • I've Said and Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember (2018)
      I've Said and Done Things That No-One Will Ever Remember
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2018–2019
    • My Balls on Your Supercar (2019)
      My Balls on Your Supercar
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Owen (2018)
      Owen
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2018

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    FROM A PLACE OF DARKNESS
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    FROM A PLACE OF DARKNESS

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