Nick Barbaro

Barbaro judging 2019 Spamarama Cook-Off

Nicolo Rafael Barbaro (born 1952), better known as Nick Barbaro, is an American journalist and businessman who is the co-founder of The Austin Chronicle and co-creator of the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival. Barbaro's contributions have helped define the Austin, Texas music community.[1]

He co-owns the South by Southwest festival, which he co-created with Roland Swenson, Louis Black and Louis Jay Meyers in 1987.[2][3] He is also the publisher of The Austin Chronicle, an alternative weekly newspaper, which he founded in 1981 with Louis Black.[4]

Biography

Barbaro is the son of Marilyn Buferd (Miss America 1946) and Francesco Barbaro, a WWII Italian submarine commander, movie agent and producer.[5] Barbaro grew up in Los Angeles and also Dallas. He attended UCLA where he developed his interest in cinema.[1]

In the mid-1970s he moved to Austin and enrolled in the University of Texas. There he earned a graduate degree in Radio, Television, and Film. While at UT he worked on The Daily Texan where he served as film critic.[1]

He lives in Austin with his wife Susan Moffat.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Maxwell, Jane Carlisle. "Musicians Off the Record". Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24.
  2. ^ A Guide to the South By Southwest, Inc., Records, 1987–1997, Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
  3. ^ a b Pulcrano, Dan (March 23, 2016). "SXSW: The Festival that Ate Austin & Took a Bite out of Silicon Valley". Metro Newspapers. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  4. ^ Black, Louis (August 7, 2009). "Page Two: Printing the Legend A brief history of Austin's improbable weekly, 28 years on". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Marilyn Buferd Profile". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Retrieved November 5, 2019.


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