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Terry Zwigoff

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Producer and Director Terry Zwigoff

Producer/ Director Terry Zwigoff recently directed the new film Ghost World based on the graphic novel of the same name by Daniel Clowes. Zwigoff also directed the documentary, Crumb about the life of Robert Crumb, the famous underground artist who popularized characters such as Mr. Natural, Flakey Foont and Keep on Truckin'. He also directed the documentary Louie Bluie.

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Tracing the Origin of R. Crumb's Creativity

Producer/ Director Terry Zwigoff recently released a new documentary "Crumb." The film was shot over seven years and follows the life of Robert Crumb, the famous underground artist who popularized character's such as Mr. Natural, Flakey Foont and Keep on Truckin'. The film won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary and cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Terry Zwigoff's "Louie Bluie."

Terry Zwigoff is the director and producer of the documentary "Louie Bluie," about jazz violinist and mandolinist Howard Armstrong. Armstrong continues the tradition of black string bands in the nineteen-teens and the nineteen-twenties. Armstrong's career was revived in the nineteen-seventies on the college circuit. Zwigoff plays the cello and mandolin himself, including in cartoonist R. Crumb's band, and collects jazz records.

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