UCLA Film and Television Archive
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Also a
The Archive is a division of the UCLA Library. As of January 2021, its collection hosted more than 500,000 items, including approximately 159,000 motion picture titles and 132,000 television titles, more than 27 million feet of newsreels, more than 222,000 broadcast recordings and more than 9,000 radio transcription discs.[1]
History
The Archive hosted virtual screenings in lieu of its in-person presentations during the
The Archive appointed its fourth director in January 2021. She was the first woman and person of color in the role.[1]
The collection
The Archive has hosted its collection in a Stoa building in Santa Clarita, California since 2015. It shares the facilities with the Packard Humanities Institute. The building was funded and built to the specification of David Woodley Packard.[2]
The archive's holdings include
Billy Wilder Theater
The Billy Wilder Theater is on the courtyard level of the
See also
References
- ^ a b c Olsen, Mark (2021-01-06). "May Hong HaDuong first woman and person of color to lead UCLA Film Archive". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Strauss, Bob (2019-08-12). "UCLA's Film & Television Archive has a classical yet state-of-the-art home at The Stoa in Santa Clarita". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Staff (June 2, 2011). "Smooth Operator: The Opulent Eroticism of Radley Metzger". UCLA Film and Television Archive. Retrieved January 28, 2016.