in no particular order: carlos reygadas, andrzej zulawski, duchamp, brakhage, burroughs, bukowski, bunuel, cassavetes, bresson, tarkovsky, piero manzoni, herzog, errol morris, john carpenter, louis wain, carlo mollino, richard kern, roky erickson, jodorowsky, john lautner, john fante, john frusciante, fassbinder, kluge, gus van sant, vincent gallo, gaspar noe, robert rauschenberg, jasper johns, joseph cornell, matthew barney, francis bacon, geoff darrow, basquiat, hunter thompson, harmony korine, henry darger, lars von trier, damien hirst, daniel johnston, david blaine, jorgen leth, hollis frampton, kenneth anger, sartre, stephen hawking, gursky, john d. phillips, etc...