Known For

1h 15m

Movie 2020

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago

Author Barry Gifford's gritty autobiographical stories of growing up in...

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1h 17m

Movie 2016

Nelson Algren Live

A performance of some of Nelson Algren's greatest and least...

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1h 30m

Movie 2012

The Phantom Father

American professor Robert Traum embarks on an adventurous and amusing...

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1h 1m

Movie 2005

The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides

Filled with humor and defining experiences in both his own...

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Movie 2001

Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat

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Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

1h 25m

Movie 1997

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

An in-depth look at artist/filmmaker David Lynch's movies, paintings, drawings,...

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and film noir- and Beat Generation-influenced literary madness. He is best known for his series of novels about Sailor and Lula, two sex-driven, star-crossed protagonists on the road. The first of the series, Wild at Heart, was adapted by director David Lynch for the 1990 film of the same title. Gifford went on to write the screenplay for Lost Highway with Lynch. Perdita Durango was adapted into film by Alex de la Iglesia. Much of Gifford's work is nonfiction. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Gifford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia