Walt Curtis

Birth : 1941-07-04, Portland, Oregon, USA

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Walt Curtis (born July 4, 1941) is a poet, novelist and painter from Portland, Oregon. He is mainly known for his autobiographical work, Mala Noche (1977), which became the basis for Gus Van Sant's 1985 film of the same name. Curtis has shared the bill with many Beat Generation writers, such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Ken Kesey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walt Curtis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Movies

Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet
Director
A profile of cult poet-novelist Walt Curtis, and his wandrings in and around Portland, Oregon.
Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet
himself
A profile of cult poet-novelist Walt Curtis, and his wandrings in and around Portland, Oregon.
Mala Noche
Author
Mala Noche is the film debut from director Gus Van Sant. The film portrays the unanswered love of an American man toward a young Mexican man.
Paydirt
Walt
Cash-strapped Oregon winemakers turn to growing pot in order to finance their vineyard.
Property
Facing eviction, the residents of a bohemian quarter of Portland, Oregon organize to collectively purchase a block of houses, only to get a crash course in bureaucracy.