1. Louis Black is an American journalist and businessman who is the co-founder of The Austin Chronicle, an alternative weekly newspaper published in Austin, Texas, and was the newspaper's editor from its inception until his retirement on August 8,2017.
Louis Black has written over 600 articles in his column in that newspaper.
Louis Black is a founding partner in Toronto's North by Northeast music and film festival.
Louis Black was born in Teaneck, New Jersey where he was childhood friends with film critic Leonard Maltin and singer Phoebe Snow.
Maltin and Louis Black attended Teaneck High School and regularly prowled the rep cinemas of Manhattan as teens before graduating in 1968.
Louis Black moved to Austin to study film at The University of Texas where he received a BFA in 1980, and became knowledgeable about B-movies, including the work of Russ Meyer.
Louis Black helped run film nights at the university before starting the Chronicle with film friend Nick Barbaro.
Louis Black was an original board member of the Austin Film Society and is a past president of that organization.
In 2000, Texas Monthly Editor Evan Smith and Louis Black working with AFS established the Texas Film Hall of Fame.
Louis Black was executive producer of a documentary on Texan songwriter Townes Van Zandt.
Louis Black appeared in the film The Devil and Daniel Johnston as Black was an early supporter of the singer.