George Hickenlooper

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George Hickenlooper (born May 25, 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American documentary film-maker.

Hickenlooper attended high school at St. Louis University High. After graduating from Yale University with a B.A. in History and Film Studies in 1986, Hickenlooper interned for the producer Roger Corman, and launched his directing career with Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper in 1988.

As a child, he collected comic books. At 12, he attended his first comic-book convention, staying in a hotel and buying and selling comic books. According to his mother, he recovered his expenses.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to his films, Hickenlooper authored a 1991 book Reel Conversations.

[edit] Filmography

Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper, 1988
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, 1991
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas, 1991
The Killing Box, 1993
Some Folks Call it a Sling Blade, 1994
The Low Life, 1995
Persons Unknown, 1996
Dogtown, 1997
The Big Brass Ring, 1997
Monte Hellman: American Auteur, 1997
The Big Brass Ring, 1999
The Man from Elysian Fields, 2001
Being Mick, 2001
Mayor of the Sunset Strip, 2003
Bizarre Love Triangle, 2005
Factory Girl, 2006

[edit] References

George Hickenlooper at the Internet Movie Database
Hickenlooper, George (1991). Reel Conversations: Candid Interviews With Film's Foremost Directors and Critics. New York: Carol Publishing. ISBN 0-8065-1237-7.
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