My inspirations (in no order or regard to how they are as a person [separating art from artist])

movie directors

• Stanley Kubrick
• Werner Herzog
• David Lynch
• Kevin Smith (kinda)
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• Joel Haver (his movies are free on youtube)
• Paul Schrader
• Michel Gondry
• Spike Jonze
• Brian De Palma
• Harmony Korine
• Larry Clark
• Mike Leigh
• Duplass Brothers
• Coen Brothers
• Safdie Brothers
• Edgar Wright
• Ryan Trecartin
• Sidney Lumet
• Ryan Trecartin
• Martin Scorsese
• Joel Potrykus
• Park Chan-Wook
• Wong Kar-Wai
• Thomas Vinterberg
• Lars Von Trier
• Taylor & Neveldine
• James Grey
• Greg Mottola
• SBN3 (his movies are also free on youtube)
• Shane Carruth
• Gus Van Sant (gay icon)
• Joel Schumacher (yes, even the batman movies)
• Darren Aronofsky (who's definitely an influence, but these days i feel kinda mixed about him)
• Richard Linklater
• William Friedkin
• David Cronenberg
• Wes Anderson
• Abel Ferrara
• Andrzej Żuławski
• Ken Russell
• Robert Altman
• John Carpenter
• John Cassavetes
• George Cukor
• Fritz Lang
• Frank Capra

writers

• Paul Schrader
• Cormac McCarthy
• Arthur Miller
• David Mamet
• Oscar Wilde
• SBN3 (especially Class Of 09)
• Charlie Kaufman
• Anton Chekhov

musicians/bands

more coming soon