Jeff Krulik

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Krulik is a director of independent films and a former Discovery Channel producer. Krulik's work frequently explores the fringes of popular culture from an enthusiastic and appreciative point of view. He is best known for his 1986 documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot, co-produced by John Heyn, a gently disturbing (but, for the most part, fun-loving) look into hard-rock fandom recorded at the Capital Centre parking lot in Landover, Maryland, before a Judas Priest concert. Most of the fans appear drunken and drugged, with "bare feet, muscle shirts, bare-chested, bleach blonde frizzy perms, mullets from hell, big hair, bad teeth, scar tissue, and by far the largest collection of late '70s Camaros ever seen in one location."  Cult director John Waters said of the film, "It gave me the creeps." Heavy Metal Parking Lot, for a decade or more, circulated through word-of-mouth, via the internet and on second-to-nth-generation bootlegged copies. A 20th-anniversary DVD edition with sequels, outtakes, where-are-they-now bonus footage and other inspirations is now available for sale. In his first professional position, Krulik served as the Metrovis…

Directed

1. Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) — Director
2. King of Porn (1996) — Director
3. Ernest Borgnine on the Bus (1997) — Director
4. Led Zeppelin Played Here (2014) — Director
5. Heavy Metal Parking Lot Alumni: Where Are They Now? (2006) — Director
6. We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C. (2023) — Director
7. I Created Lancelot Link (1999) — Director
8. Hitler's Hat (2003) — Director
9. Obsessed with Jews (2000) — Director
10. Tales Of Belair At Bowie (2020) — Director
11. Neil Diamond Parking Lot (1997) — Director
12. Return to Heavy Metal Basement (2021) — Director
13. The Real Pinball Wizard (2013) — Director
14. Scenes from the Last Drive-In (1990) — Director
15. You Can't Take Pictures in Here (2021) — Director
16. Washington Capitals Time Capsule (2016) — Director
17. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion (1994) — Director
18. Invocation of My Demon Bus Driver — Director
19. Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed! (2003) — Director
20. Twenty-Five Cents Before Noon (1987) — Director
21. Go Go Girls Don’t Cry: The Art of Fred Folsom (1997) — Director
22. Show Us Your Belly (1988) — Director
23. RAZZ (The) DOCUMENTARY — Director
24. Vox Pops (1999) — Director
25. Public Access Gibberish (1990) — Director
26. The Butch Willis Show (1989) — Director
27. The Hypnotist (1986) — Director
28. The House That Kent Built (2008) — Director
29. The Fall of the Roma (1997) — Director
30. King of Porn 2: The Retirement (2000) — Director
31. Planet Krulik 2000 (2000) — Director
32. The Films Of Jeff Krulik and Friends (1998) — Director
33. Heavy Metal Basement (2001) — Director
34. Heavy Metal Picnic (2010) — Director
35. Billy Luck (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. King of Porn (1996) — Himself
2. Ernest Borgnine on the Bus (1997) — Self
3. Every Other Day is Halloween (2009) — Self
4. Led Zeppelin Played Here (2014) — Self - Researcher / Film Maker
5. Amateur on Plastic (2020) — Self / The Manager
6. Return to Heavy Metal Basement (2021) — Himself
7. You Can't Take Pictures in Here (2021) — Himself
8. Comic Books: A World of Illustrated Adventure (1984) — Narrator
9. The Hypnotist (1986) — Interviewer
10. Heavy Metal Basement (2001) — Himself