EDITOR’S PICK: Christopher Guest
By Daily Bruin Staff
May 7, 2002 9:00 p.m.
You may know Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel (vocalist and
guitarist) from “This is Spinal Tap,” the writer and
director of the acclaimed films “Waiting for Guffman”
and “Best in Show,” or that guy who’s married to
Jamie Lee Curtis.
While his career has been relatively small, his range of talent
as an actor, writer, director, producer and composer has garnered
him successes in a number of fields. Guest is most visible as a
shaggy-haired metal star in the perennially popular 1984
mockumentary “Spinal Tap,” which he also co-wrote. But
he has received more recognition from critics and the industry for
his more recent films. He was nominated in the acting, writing and
directing categories in independent film award contests for both
“Waiting for Guffman” and “Best in Show.”
He is currently in production for “A Mighty Wind,”
which he will direct and is co-writing with his “Best in
Show” partner Eugene Levy.
Of course, the admiration of fans and film peers isn’t
what makes Guest so cool. After all, his amplifiers don’t
stop at 10; they go up to 11.
