April 9, 1975

Director, writer, and producer David Gordon Green was born in Little Rock (Pulaski County), although he was raised in Richardson, Texas, just outside of Dallas. Film critic Roger Ebert described Green as “a director of tones, emotions, and moments of truth,” while New York Times film critic A. O. Scott compared Green’s work with the writings of William Faulkner. Green’s films are generally coming-of-age tales set in small, rural Southern towns.