Director
Jeff Krulik
31 films
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 Metrovision Public-access television cable TV channel coordinator for the southern portion of Prince Georges County, Maryland, a community that has inspired several of his films, including Public Access Gibberish (1990), a "greatest hits" montage of the most bizarre acts during his tenure at the cable access channel. Other films are Neil Diamond Parking Lot (1996), about the fans before a Neil Diamond concert at the same stadium as Heavy Metal Parking Lot, one decade later; and Ernest Borgnine On the Bus (1997), a documentary about actor Ernest Borgnine, his son and his custom RV; a compilation of many of the director's short films titled Heavy Metal Parking Lot: The Films of Jeff Krulik was released several years ago. Most of these films, along with flims made by Krulik's friends and some additional found footage, are viewable for free in streaming formats on his official website, In 2004, the Trio cable channel began broadcasting a show by Krulik titled Parking Lot, which expanded on the "parking lot" documentary series started in the 1980s. Created & co-produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn (in association with Radical Media), eight episodes were filmed, although it is unclear as to how many of them were actually broadcasted. It does not appear that the program will be shown again on the channel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Krulik, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
1986 · Director
On Tubi TV
King of Porn
1996 · Himself, Director
On Night Flight Plus
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
1997 · Self, Director
On Night Flight Plus
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
2023 · Director
Amateur on Plastic
2020 · Self / The Manager
On OVID
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014 · Self - Researcher / Film Maker, Producer
Filmography 31
Billy Luck
2026 · Director
We Are Fugazi from Washington, D.C.
2023 · Director
Return to Heavy Metal Basement
2021 · Himself, Director
Amateur on Plastic
2020 · Self / The Manager
On OVID
Tales Of Belair At Bowie
2020 · Director
Washington Capitals Time Capsule
2016 · Director
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014 · Self - Researcher / Film Maker, Producer
The Real Pinball Wizard
2013 · Director, Producer
Heavy Metal Picnic
2010 · Director
Every Other Day is Halloween
2009 · Self
On Tubi TV
Heavy Metal Parking Lot Alumni: Where Are They Now?
2006 · Producer, Director
On Night Flight Plus
Traveling Sideshow: Shocked and Amazed!
2003 · Director
Hitler's Hat
2003 · Director
Heavy Metal Basement
2001 · Himself, Director
Obsessed with Jews
2000 · Director
King of Porn 2: The Retirement
2000 · Director
Planet Krulik 2000
2000 · Director
The Films Of Jeff Krulik and Friends
1998 · Director
Ernest Borgnine on the Bus
1997 · Self, Director
On Night Flight Plus
Neil Diamond Parking Lot
1997 · Director, Producer
On Night Flight Plus
The Fall of the Roma
1997 · Director
King of Porn
1996 · Himself, Director
On Night Flight Plus
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion
1994 · Director
Scenes from the Last Drive-In
1990 · Director