| 1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/terry_zwigoff.jpeg]] |
| 2 | -->"The films I want to make, I really want to be passionate about." |
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| 4 | Terry Zwigoff (born May 18, 1949) is an American director. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | !!Filmography: |
| 7 | * ''Louie Bluie'' (1985) |
| 8 | * ''[[Creator/RobertCrumb Crumb]]'' (1994) |
| 9 | * ''Film/GhostWorld'' (2001) |
| 10 | * ''Film/BadSanta'' (2003) |
| 11 | * ''ComicBook/ArtSchoolConfidential'' (2006) |
| 12 | * ''Budding Prospects'' {{Pilot}} (2017) |
| 13 | |
| 14 | !! |
| 15 | * AcclaimedFlop: Sans ''Bad Santa'', which was successful enough to get a sequel, none of his films made it past limited release and either under-performed or didn't make back their budgets, yet were critical hits. |
| 16 | * BlackComedy: His trademark. He describes his films as "darkly humorous." |
| 17 | * CapitalismIsBad: A major theme in ''Film/GhostWorld'' and why he turned down an opportunity to appear in a [=GAP=] commercial. |
| 18 | -->"I would find it a bit disingenuous after having spent 5 years of my life making a film railing against the evils of Corporate America." |
| 19 | * DoingItForTheArt: As he says in the page quote, he's only willing to make movies or take directing jobs if the project is something he's [=110%=] interested in, and has turned down numerous gigs for commercials or big-budget movies. He eventually stopped making movies altogether after ''ComicBook/ArtSchoolConfidential'' when studios stopped investing in "small," seven-figure-budget movies and he refused to adapt to blockbusters. |
| 20 | * KafkaComedy: Nearly all of the characters in his movies are either [[{{Jerkass}} cruel]], [[ButtMonkey unfortunate]] or stupid, and it's perfectly clear that we're meant to be laughing ''at'' them and never with them. |
| 21 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Heavily cynical. |
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