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