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Terry Zwigoff

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Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Zwigoff held several jobs before making his breakthrough feature: the documentary Crumb (1994) in 1994. His previous jobs included musician, shipping clerk, printer and welfare office worker. In fact, Zwigoff traces his film career back to discovering a rare blues recording by an unknown Chicago blues musician he discovered in 1978... See full bio »

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Terry Zwigoff at event of Art School Confidential Terry Zwigoff in Art School Confidential Terry Zwigoff and Max Minghella in Art School Confidential Terry Zwigoff in Ghost World Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch and Terry Zwigoff in Ghost World Terry Zwigoff in Bad Santa
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2006 Art School Confidential
 
2003 Bad Santa
 
2001 Ghost World
 
1994 Crumb (documentary)
 
1985 Louie Bluie (documentary)
 
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2001 Ghost World (written by)
 
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1994 Crumb (documentary) (producer)
 
1985 Louie Bluie (documentary) (producer)
 
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2001 Ghost World (writer: "Zine-O-Phobia Music", "Pickin' Cotton Blues")
 
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2004 Bad Santa: Not Your Typical Christmas Movie (video documentary short)
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2002 Making of 'Ghost World' (video documentary short)
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1996 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
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– Episode dated 13 February 1996 (1996) … Himself
 

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Crumb -- David Lynch produced this wild documentary that profiles the mind of underground comic book creator, artistic genius, sexual obsessive, and Fritz the Cat creator, R. Crumb. Louie Bluie -- Documentary trailer featuring an outspoken artist Bad Santa -- A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
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I've stopped going to see art films because every critic gives them four stars and say things like "masterpiece", "spellbinding" and "mesmerizing". I mean, they're doing that with my film, but I don't want to use those blurbs. Critical reviews aren't worth too much anymore because just about every film can get one or two of them. See more »

Trivia:

Was offered $10,000 to appear in a commercial campaign using hip filmmakers to endorse The Gap but turned it down, saying "I would find it a bit disingenuous after having spent 5 years of my life making a film railing against the evils of Corporate America.". See more »

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