Louis Black

Biography

Black is also a founder of the South By Southwest Music Festival and Conference in 1987 which added film and new media components in 1994. The South by Southwest Music, Film and Interactive Conferences and Festivals take place during ten days in March. An original Board Member of the Austin Film Society (AFS Founder and Artistic Director Richard Linklator) he is a past president of the organization. In 2000 Texas Monthly Editor Evan Smith and Black working with AFS established the Texas Film Hall of Fame also in March.

Known For

The Faculty

as Mr. Lewis

Waking Life

as Kierkegaard Disciple

Slacker

as Paranoid Paper Reader

QT8: The First Eight

as Self

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

as Self

True Stories

as The Happy Wanderers Strictly Accordion Marching Band (uncredited)

21 Years: Richard Linklater

as Self - Newspaper Editor

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

as Self - Co-founder, Austin Chronicle

Also Starring Austin

Isip the Warrior

as Baptist Minister