Biography
Lawrence Donald "Larry" Clark (born January 19, 1943) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for the movie Kids and his photography book Tulsa. His most common subject is youth who casually engage in illegal drug use, underage sex and violence, and who are part of a specific subculture, such as surfing, punk rock or skateboarding.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Moments Like This Never Last
2021
as Self
Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on the streets of downtown New York City in the late 1990s. Developing from a ...

We Were Once Kids
2021
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
In the early nineties, before the massive gentrification of many of New York's then slums, several young people from very disparate backgrounds left t...

A Day in a Life
2021
Director, Writer
Paris. Gabrielle and Enzo, two teenagers from the same gang, meet in front of the school. Cigarettes, the affirmation of sexual desire and the discove...

Marfa Girl 2
2018
Writer, Director
A family living in Marfa, Texas attempts to pull themselves back together after a horrific tragedy. This provocative sequel to Larry Clark's film Marf...

Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self
Harmony Korine has spent his life disrupting traditional cinema with his provocative films. What most people don’t know is that first and foremost he'...

The Smell of Us
2015
as Rockstar
Self-destructive teens go skateboarding, use drugs and turn tricks in Paris.

The Smell of Us
2015
Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
Self-destructive teens go skateboarding, use drugs and turn tricks in Paris.

Jonathan
2013
as Himself / Interviewer
Jonathan, a young man of 14, recalls his first sexual experience and is later seen at 21, with a girl of experience.

Jonathan
2013
Writer, Producer, Director
Jonathan, a young man of 14, recalls his first sexual experience and is later seen at 21, with a girl of experience.

Marfa Girl
2012
Writer, Director
A disaffected Texas teen spends his 16th birthday getting high, hanging out and having casual sex.

42 One Dream Rush
2010
Director
Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known f...

Chavo
2010
Director
Short film by Larry Clark. Part of the collective film One Dream Rush.

Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
2009
as Self
Teen movies have had a great impact on the movie industry - especially in the 80s. This documentary takes a closer look at the genre's origins and the...

Tu pirata soy yo
2008
Thanks
The zany adventures of a young Joanne Marie 'Flan de pú' Rodríguez Veve.

Destricted
2006
Director
A compilation of erotic films intended to illuminate the points where art meets sexuality.

Best of Chris Isaak
2006
Director
Chris Isaak begins his third decade as one of the most distinctive recording artists- and the epitome of modern cool-with his first career-spanning re...

Impaled
2006
Director
Everyone who was born after 1980 grew up with easy access to pornographic videos. Many children see explicit videos at a young age. Filmmaker Larry Cl...
311 Live: 311 Day 2006
2006
as Stilt Walker and Juggler
3-11 day 2006, at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee

Wassup Rockers
2005
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they a...

Driggling
2005
Director of Photography, Director
"Driggling is something that i have done for almost ten years. It's just what i do. One part dribbling, one part juggling, one part speed skating. Wit...

Ken Park
2003
Director, Director of Photography, Original Story
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; C...

Teenage Caveman
2002
Director
In a post-apocalyptic future mankind is lives in a prehistoric manner. After killing his father for sexually assaulting his girlfriend, the son of a t...

Bully
2001
as Hitman's Father
This is the true story of Bobby Kent, a teen bully in the suburban town of Hollywood, Florida. Eventually, his best friend and girlfriend team up with...

Bully
2001
Director, Art Direction
This is the true story of Bobby Kent, a teen bully in the suburban town of Hollywood, Florida. Eventually, his best friend and girlfriend team up with...

Company Man
2000
as Fred Quimp
In the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sen...

Another Day in Paradise
1998
Director, Producer
In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and...

Kids
1995
Director, Story
A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.

It Was Them
N/A
Executive Producer
A portrait of the highs and lows of Jonathan Velasquez, Eddie Velasquez, Frank Navarrette and Carlos Ramirez, a group of friends from South Central L....