Terry Zwigoff (b. 1948, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA), a unique filmmaker and comic books aficionado, came to film through his passion for the blues. Two years of collecting material on an outlandish and little-known Chicago bluesman, Howard Armstrong, culminated in the documentary film Louie Bluie (1985). His next project, Crumb (1994), brought Zwigoff not only a number of awards but also third place among the most commercially successful documentary films of all time. His fiction film debut, Ghost World (2000), premiered internationally in the 2001 Karlovy Vary IFF competition. Though marginalised by the jury when handing out the prizes, it remained one of the most appreciated films of the festival. In 2003, Zwigoff presented his somewhat cynical version of a Christmas movie, Bad Santa. His most recent picture, Art School Confidential, which again saw him collaborating with D. Clowes, was first screened at this year's festival at Sundance.
MFF Karlovy Vary
