Nick Zedd spearheaded the Cinema of Transgression film movement, directing 44 movies since 1979. His films include Police State, War Is Menstrual Envy, Ecstasy In Entropy, Lord of the Cock Rings, I Was a Quality of Life Violation and No Plague Like Home. A selection of his movies were showcased at The Museum of Modern Art in 1989 and 2014. Mr. Zedd currently resides in Mexico City where he paints, writes screenplays, shoots videos and publishes Hatred of Capitalism magazine. In 2013 he was presented with the Acker Award for Lifetime Achievement, a tribute given to members of the avant garde arts community who have made outstanding contributions in their discipline in defiance of convention, or else served their fellow writers and artists in outstanding ways.