Black is also a founder of the South By Southwest Music Festival and Conference in 1987 which added film and new media components in 1994. The South by Southwest Music, Film and Interactive Conferences and Festivals take place during ten days in March. An original Board Member of the Austin Film Society (AFS Founder and Artistic Director Richard Linklator) he is a past president of the organization. In 2000 Texas Monthly Editor Evan Smith and Black working with AFS established the Texas Film Hall of Fame also in March.

Filmography

• 2026Brenda — Executive Producer
• 2019J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius — Executive Producer
• 2018Also Starring Austin
• 2018Blaze — Executive Producer
• 2018Bodies of Water — Executive Producer
• 2018Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes — Executive Producer
• 2018The Next Kill — Jimmy White
• 2017Rogers Park — Executive Producer
• 2017The Honor Farm — Executive Producer
• 2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny — Self - Co-founder, Austin Chronicle, Producer, Director
• 2016Slash — Executive Producer
• 2016Tower — Executive Producer
• 2015Jonathan Demme Presents Made In Texas — Director
• 2015Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove — Executive Producer
• 2008The King of Texas — Co-Executive Producer
• 2008The Order of Myths — Associate Producer
• 2001Waking Life — Kierkegaard Disciple
• 1998The Faculty — Mr. Lewis
• 1990Slacker — Paranoid Paper Reader
• 1986True Stories — The Happy Wanderers Strictly Accordion Marching Band (uncredited)
• 1971Eggshells — Executive Producer
• Don't You Go Nowhere — Executive Producer
• Isip the Warrior — Baptist Minister

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2025Punk Rock Lottery — Himself
• 2019QT8: The First Eight — Self
• 201421 Years: Richard Linklater — Self - Newspaper Editor
• 2006The Devil and Daniel Johnston — Self
• 1999University, Inc. — Self