
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

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)

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016)
as Self - Co-founder, Austin Chronicle

21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
as Self - Newspaper Editor

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)
as Self
Isip the Warrior (—)
as Baptist Minister

Also Starring Austin (2018)
Actor

University, Inc. (1999)
as Self

The Next Kill (2018)
as Jimmy White

Punk Rock Lottery (2025)
as Himself





