Terry Zwigoff

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Terry Zwigoff born May 18 1949 in Appleton Wisconsin is an American filmmaker best known for two popular small budget films both arising out of the world of underground or alternative comics the documentary Crumb 1994 about underground comics figure Robert Crumb and the feature Ghost World 2001 adapted from the Dan Clowes comic book of the same name He won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary with Crumb and was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay of Ghost World His first film was Louie Bluie 1986 about blues and string band musician Howard Armstrong In 2003 he directed another film Bad Santa starring Billy Bob Thornton His most recent film was Art School Confidential based on another story from Dan Clowess Eightball Zwigoffs association with comics began in the 1970s when he moved to San Francisco and met Robert Crumb who shared his interest in collecting prewar American roots music At age 22 he learned to play the cello and mandolin and joined Crumbs string band R Crumb His Cheap Suit Serenaders He is currently a member of the San Francisco instrumental trio The Excitement Boys Zwigoff is Jewish Description above from the Wikipedia article Terry Zwigoff licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia