Louis Black
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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
Credits
The Faculty (1998)
as Mr. Lewis
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
as Self
Waking Life (2001)
as Kierkegaard Disciple
Slacker (1990)
as Paranoid Paper Reader
21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
as Self - Newspaper Editor
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016)
as Self - Co-founder, Austin Chronicle
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)
as Self
University, Inc. (1999)
as Self
True Stories (1986)
as The Happy Wanderers Strictly Accordion Marching Band (uncredited)
Isip the Warrior (—)
as Baptist Minister
Also Starring Austin (2018)
Actor
Punk Rock Lottery (2025)
as Himself
The Next Kill (2018)
as Jimmy White