Your favorite people.

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I haven't see a thread like this yet. I know there are going to be a lot of music related people but I'd also like to know who the people in the world are that you really admire and look up too. They can be celebrities, people in your community, or family. I'm going to keep my main focus on people throughout our culture but I will say that my father is my inspiration in my life.



Pretty much my favorite musician ever. The man personified coolness. He was an innovator in jazz and the man just leaked his gift onto others that played with him. He inspired and personally gifted a lot of amazing musicians. My dreams are played out to Miles. He's amazing.



An obviously one. I have three favorite directors. The two follow but David Lynch owns a special place with me. I find myself to be a stable person but when I'm feeling unstable I love to watch Lynch's films. The man just knows how to create feeling in a film. He's a kind of director that a projectionist loves because of the amount of detail that the man puts into how his films are to be shown. Please come back to feature films David. I miss you.



Genius. Stanley Kubrick is just a flat out genius. Nearly every one of his films is a masterpiece and I also admire him because he always did his own thing. Working with him was sometimes a chore but that goes the same for anybody else with the intelligence that the man had. The dude was a freakin chess master! It's a shame that he died even though he wasn't that young because than man just oozed out cinematic masterpieces like it was nothing.



My favorite young director. I haven't seen Hard Eight yet but his four films after that are incredible, two being my in my top five favorite films ever (TWBB ad Magnolia). Paul Thomas Anderson is incredible behind the camera but the best part I love about him is that fact that he is a great writer. I'm very lucky to be getting older with the films of this man.



Some people might not know who Shane Smith is. He's a founder of Vice magazine and one of my favorite journalists. I want to eventually when I'm done being a projectionist go out and become the kind of journalist that Shane Smith is. The guy is funny and he knows what is important in life. I'd love to work with the guy one day.



It's Bill ****ing Murray. There is no reason to describe why he is amazing. He's Bill ****ing Murray.



My favorite author. Kurt Vonnegut had such an amazing mind and really saw the world in a special way. He was hilarious and heartbreaking in his writing and his stories were unique and enticing.



Neil Degrasse Tyson is probably the smartest man on the planet right now. I can listen to him talk forever and he is what the world needs ever since Carl Sagan died. The man is just that smart.