Nick Zedd

Nick Zedd (<a href="/facts/Birth_name/FctFJcbg">né</a> James Franklyn Harding III; January 25, 1956 – February 27, 2022) was an American filmmaker, author, and painter based in <a href="/facts/Mexico_City/gEnGxDEd">Mexico City</a>. He coined the term <a href="/facts/Cinema_of_Transgression/gn0tg9N2">Cinema of Transgression</a> in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using <a href="/facts/Shock_value/CMqRaYTq">shock value</a> and <a href="/facts/Black_humor/HyjoJzFA">black humor</a> in their work. These filmmakers and artistic collaborators included <a href="/facts/Richard_Kern/01TGIpqX">Richard Kern</a>, <a href="/facts/Tessa_Hughes_Freeland/8kh8RuFz">Tessa Hughes Freeland</a>, <a href="/facts/Lung_Leg/mzYaBjqT">Lung Leg</a>, <a href="/facts/Kembra_Pfahler/ctqHlFkY">Kembra Pfahler</a>, <a href="/facts/Jack_Smith_(film_director)/Y8FMdgrb">Jack Smith</a> and <a href="/facts/Lydia_Lunch/qBexPngt">Lydia Lunch</a>. Under numerous pen names, Zedd edited and wrote the Underground Film Bulletin (1984–1990) which publicized the work of these filmmakers. The Cinema of Transgression was explored in <a href="/facts/Jack_Sargeant_(writer)/n6LT37c5">Jack Sargeant</a>'s book <a href="/facts/Deathtripping/qTubeBNg">Deathtripping</a>.

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Nick Zedd