Wikipedia on Jeff Dowd:

He met the Coen Brothers while they were promoting their first film, Blood Simple. He is the basis for one of their most popular characters, Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski from The Big Lebowski.

Jeff “The Dude” Dowd will hold a conversation tonight at NWFF. As for April 1, the director, TJ Martin, of the Oscar-winning documentary Undefeated will appear at NWFF’s happy hour. This is the life of cinema Seattle.

The Dude

  • The Dude

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...