Totem of the Depraved

Nick Zedd (born May 8, 1958) is an American filmmaker and author based in New York City. He coined the term Cinema of Transgression in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using shock value and black humor in their work. These filmmakers and artistic collaborators included Richard Kern, Tessa Hughes Freeland, Lung Leg and Lydia Lunch. Under numerous pen names, Zedd edited and wrote the Underground Film Bulletin (1984–90) which publicized the work of these filmmakers. The Cinema of Transgression was explored in Jack Sargeant's book Deathtripping (Creation Books).

Nick Zedd has directed several super-low-budget feature-length movies, including the They Eat Scum and Geek Maggot Bingo, as well as numerous short films. With Rev. Jen Miller, he is the co-creator of the public access series Electra Elf (2004-), featuring Miller, Faceboy, Andrew J. Lederer and a "who's who" of New York downtown artists and performers. He served as director of photography on another TV series called Chop Chop (2007), produced by Nate Hill.

Additionally, Zedd has acted in such super-low-budget films as the Super-8 film The Manhattan Love Suicides (1985), What About Me (1993), Bubblegum (1995), Jonas in the Desert (1997), Troma Films' Terror Firmer (1999) and Thus Spake Zarathustra (2001). He also appeared in the documentaries Llik Your Idols (2007) and Blank City (2010).

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