Known for:	Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation, Nowhere
Birthday:	17 December 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA

Graduated USC School of Cinema-Television. Worked as a music critic for L.A. Weekly. Shortly after the release of "The Living End", Araki's stated age in interviews began to change anywhere from one to five years younger than his actual age. At one point, his given age would have him releasing his first film at age 23, while still in grad school. Press interviews conducted in 1991 or earlier contain his actual age. Araki was born in 1959. Grew up in Santa Barbara before moving to Los Angeles to attend university. Mother was a bookkeeper in an ophthalmologist's office According to an interview, MTV projected the budget for Araki's TV series pilot This Is How the World Ends to be $1.5 million. Instead of giving him that amount, they only gave him $700,000 and were hoping find partners to finance the difference. Araki offered to make the pilot for $700,000 and MTV took him up on it. After the pilot was shot, it was not picked up for broadcast.

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