J.G. Thirlwell

AKA: JG Thirlwell, Jim Thirlwell, James George Thirlwell

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1960-01-29

Melbourne, Australia

Biography

James George Thirlwell – also known as J.G. Thirlwell, Clint Ruin, Frank Want, and Foetus, among other names, is an Australian singer, composer, and record producer. He is known for juxtaposing a variety of different musical styles.

Crew Roles

Chuy, The Wolf Man

Original Music Composer

Norfolk

Original Music Composer

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

Music

Cannibal

Music

Submit to Me Now

Music

Stray Dogs

Music

Fingered

Music

Goodbye 42nd Street

Music

You Killed Me First

Music

The Atrocity Exhibition

Music

Male

Audio Post Coordinator

Male

Director

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

Music

Nightmare Cinema

Original Music Composer

Where Evil Dwells

Music

Woman at the Wheel

Music

Kiss Napoleon Goodbye

Music

The Gun Is Loaded

Music

The Blue Eyes

Music

Seeking the Monkey King

Music

Pierce

Music

Exposed

Music

NYC Foetus

Music

Imponderable

Music

Sonder

Director

Original Music Composer

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {18}

Self

2009-04-27 0

Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 1: From Her to Eternity)

A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album From Her to Eternity (originally released in 1984). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work prod ...

Genre :Music, Documentary

Self

2009-04-27 0

Do You Love Me Like I Love You (Part 2: The Firstborn is Dead)

A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album The Firstborn is Dead (originally released in 1985). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work pro ...

Genre :Music, Documentary

Self

2025-03-12 0

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary. ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Himself

1997-01-01 0

Don't Bring A Dog

Don't Bring A Dog shows a part of the New York underground music scene - rooted in the early eighties - existing apart from MTV and billboard charts. Music, interviews, sounds and pictures of the city ...

Genre :Documentary

1986-01-01 5.3

Submit to Me

Cinema of Transgression pioneers and participants (Lydia Lunch, Lung Leg, Nick Zedd, etc.) perform a series of acts as they submit to director Richard Kern's camera. Originally created for DTNY acid p ...

Genre :Horror

1987-01-01 4.6

Submit to Me Now

Oddballs dancing, leering at camera, guy shaving a nontraditional part of his body and man ripping his own throat out, woman stabbing herself to death. ...

Genre :Horror, Music

Himself / Foetus

1993-01-01 0

Male

A live recording of Foetus' November 1990 performance in Manhattan's CBGB nightclub. It was released on VHS originally, and later onto DVD. It was also released as an album. ...

Genre :Music

(archive footage)

2012-02-21 7.7

The Hardcore Collection

This DVD features 13 provocative short films by Richard Kern. Color & B&W film shorts with Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins and more. Includes Death Valley 69 , The Right Side Of My Brain, You Killed Me Fir ...

Genre :Drama

Self

2024-01-05 7.8

Scala!!!

This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher ...

Genre :Documentary

Himself

1988-01-01 0

The Sound of Progress

This documentary shows the mindset of the some of the most original and influential artists of the experimental scene (Coil, Current 93, Foetus, Test Dept.). An unprecedented insight into the workings ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Himself

2009-05-15 6

NYC Foetus

A documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including Foetus, Steroid Maximus and Manorexia. Featuring interviews with Thirlwell, Matt Johnson (The The), A ...

Genre :Music, Documentary

Self

2019-09-19 7.9

Swans: Where Does a Body End?

From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most accomplished and ambitious bands in the world, one wh ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2011-04-06 7.1

Blank City

In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, ...

Genre :Documentary

1984-04-09 4.9

The Right Side of My Brain

Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern's first collaborative effort, The Right Side of My Brain, is a glimpse into the world of unsatiable female lust, narrated by Lydia Lunch. The film was initially dismissed ...

Genre :Drama

Himself

2006-08-11 7.8

Kill Your Idols: More.

A full-length feature documentary produced in 2006 which serves as a companion piece to and is included on the DVD of the 2004 film KILL YOUR IDOLS. ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Self

2004-04-08 7.3

Kill Your Idols

A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current generation of would be icons and true innovators s ...

Genre :Documentary, Music

Himself

2002-01-01 4.7

D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist

This documentary features interviews with Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), J Mascis (Dinosaur jr.), John John Jesse (Demonic Erotic painter), Jim Rose (Jim Rose Sideshow), Jim Thirwell (Foetus), Lydia Lunch, Mik ...

Genre :Documentary

Self

7

What You Could Not Visualise

Rema-Rema were a short-lived and resounding shooting star in the London post-punk scene of the late 1970s. But, how can you make a documentary about this legendary band when their career only lasted a ...