Past SXSW Film Speakers
The speakers selected to participate in SXSW® Film Conference represent the cream of the international film community and we feel they bring the perfect mix of expertise, insight and entertainment necessary to make the SXSW Film conference so productive and engaging.
Take some time to look through this selection of previous guests, and don't forget you can also see what you missed on our YouTube channel.
| Albert Maysles, Maysles Films Inc | Alexandra Pelosi, Journeys With George | Allison Anders, Mi Vida Loca | Anna Faris, Observe and Report | Anne Walker-Mcbay, Detour Filmproduction | Atom Egoyan, Adoration | Austin Kleon, Austinkleon.com | Barry Jenkins, Medicine For Melancholy | Bill Paxton, Big Love | Bill Plympton, Plymptoons | Billy Bob Thornton, Lost Highway Records | Bob Berney, Picturehouse | Bob Odenkirk, Melvin Goes to Dinner | Bob Sabiston, Flat Black Films | Bud Shrake, Nightwing | C Richard Allen, SnagFilms | Caspar Sonnen, IDFA DocLab | Cara Mertes, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program | Catherine Hardwicke, Red Riding Hood | Charlize Theron, East of Havana | Cheech Marin, Cheech and Chong | Chloe Moretz, Actor | Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Actor | Christine Vachon, Killer Films | Col Needham, IMDB.com | D. A. Pennebaker, Pennebaker Hegedus Films Inc | David Gordon Green, Eastbound & Down | David Wain, The Ten | Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider | Don Hertzfeldt, Bitter Films | Doreen Ringer-Ross, BMI | Drew McWeeny, HitFlix.com | Dwight Yoakam, Sling Blade | Eamonn Bowles, Magnolia Pictures | Efe Cakarel, The Auteurs | Eli Roth, Hostel | Elizabeth Avellan, Troublemaker Studios | Elvis Mitchell, NPR | Ethan Hawke,Before Sunset | Gary Hustwit, Objectified | George Huang, Swimming With Sharks | George Ratliff, Hell House | Greg Mottola, Adventureland | Greg Pak, Pak Man Productions | Gregg Araki, Desperate Pictures | Guillermo Del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth | Gus Van Sant, Milk | Gustavo Santaolalla, Amores Perros | Harlan Ellison, Dreams With Sharp Teeth | Harry Jay Knowles, Ain't It Cool News | Harvey Weinstein, Miramax | Haskell Wexler, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Hector Galan, The Big Squeeze | Helen Hunt, Then She Found Me | Henry Rollins, IFC Television | Henry Selick, Coraline | Ira Deutchman, Emerging Pictures | Jaime Pressly, I Love You, Man | James Rocchi, MSN Movies | Jan Harlan, Full Metal Jacket | Jane Rosenthal, Tribeca Productions | Jay Fernandez, The Hollywood Reporter | Jeff Nichols, Shotgun Stories | Jeffrey Tambor, Arrested Development | Jess Search, Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation | Jess Weixler, Alexander the Last | Jim Jarmusch, Coffee and Cigarettes | Jody Hill, Observe and Report | John Cameron Mitchell, Shortbus | John Carpenter, Halloween | John Cho, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | John Pierson, Grainy Pictures, Inc. | John Sayles, Sunshine State | John Sloss, Cinetic Media | Jon Favreau, I Love You, Man | Jonathan Demme, Clinica Estetico | Julia Sweeney, Saturday Night Live | Kadeem Hardison, The Cassidy Kids | Kal Penn, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | Karin Fong, Imaginary Forces | Karol Martesko-Fenster, Babel Networks Ltd | Katie Speight, Channel 4 Television/More4 | Ken Burns, Florentine Films | Kevin Smith, View Askew | Kirby Dick, This Film is Not Yet Rated | Kris Kristofferson, Blade | Kristen Wiig, Actor | Lloyd Kaufman, Troma Entertainment | Maggie Renzi, Girlfight | Marc Singer, Dark Days | Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River | Margaret Brown, Folly River Films | Mark Borchardt, American Movie | Mark Mothersbaugh, Devo | Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times | Mark Woollen, Mark Woollen & Associates | Mark Zupan, Murderball | Matt Stone, Southpark | Mekado Murphy, The New York Times | Michael Almereyda, New Orleans Mon Amour | Michael Barker, Sony Pictures Classics | Michael Eisner, Tornante LLC | Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11 | Michael Penn, Boogie Nights | Michel Gondry, The Thorn in the Heart | Mike Judge, Office Space | Mike Mills, Does Your Soul Have a Cold | Moby, Moby Gratis | Morgan Spurlock, Supersize Me | Nancy Savoca, Dirt | Neil Marshall, Centurion | Neil Patrick Harris, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly | Patricia Aufderheide, Center for Social Media American University | Paul Rudd, I Love You, Man | Peter Bart, Variety | Peter Bogdanovich, Paper Moon | Peter Broderick, Paradigm Agency | Peter Fonda, 3:10 to Yuma | Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart | Rashida Jones, I Love You, Man | Richard Linklater, Detour Filmproduction | R.J. Cutler, The War Room | Robert Rodriguez, Troublemaker Studios | Roman Coppola, The Darjeeling Limited | Ron Howard, Imagine Entertainment | Ron Jeremy, Madison House | Ron Mann, Sphinx Productions | Sarah Green, Sarah Green Film Corp | Sarah Silverman, The Sarah Silverman Program | Scott Kirsner, CinemaTech | Scott Weinberg, Cinematical/FEARnet | Seth Rogen, Observe and Report | Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are | Stanley Nelson, Firelight Media | Stephen Tobolowsky, Heroes | Steve Buscemi, Fargo | Steven Soderbergh, Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Susan Bradley, Pixar Animation Studios | Tim McCanlies, Secondhand Lions | Timothy "Speed" Levitch, Detour Film | Todd Haynes, Killer Films | Todd Solondz, Welcome to the Dollhouse | Todd Wagner, 2929 Entertainment | Tom Quinn, Magnolia Pictures | Wayne Coyne, The Flaming Lips | Val Kilmer, Actor | Wes Anderson, Rushmore |
Elvis Mitchell Moderates A Conversation with Todd Phillips at SXSW 2011 - image by Erin Fotos
