Past SXSW 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 at our videos and podcasts page.

	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, International Documentary Film Festival
	Cara Mertes, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
	Catherine Hardwicke, Twillight
	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