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Araki in 2007, photo by Denis Makarenko /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Gregg Y. Araki
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 17, 1959
Ethnicity: Japanese
Gregg Araki is an American independent filmmaker and film director. He has directed the films Three Bewildered People in the Night , The Living End , The Long Weekend (O’ Despair) , Totally F***ed Up , The Doom Generation , Nowhere , Splendor , Mysterious Skin , Smiley Face , Kaboom , and White Bird in a Blizzard .
He was born in Los Angeles, California, to second-generation Japanese-American parents. He was raised near Santa Barbara, California.
Gregg’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Noritake.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com