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Airing Out Our Drawers: 50-ish Years of CalArts’ History and Creativity from the Library and Institute Archives: School of Film/Video

A library guide companion to the CalArts Library Exhibition from October 2022 – May 2023

Selections from the School of Film/Video Faculty and Alumnx

Includes Character Animation, Experimental Animation, Film Directing Program, and the Program in Film and Video

School of Film/Video Faculty

Books
Videos

Argos Festival by Argos Festival (5th : 2005 : Brussels, Belgium); Paul Willemsen (Director); Anke Buxmann (Editor); Frie Depraetere (Editor)
Gary Mairs, School of Film Video Faculty
James Benning, School of Film Video Faculty
Cinematography by Kris Malkiewicz; M. David Mullen
Kris Malkeiwicz, School of Film/Video Faculty
A City of Sadness by Berenice Reynaud
Berenice Reynaud, School of Film/Video Faculty
Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller by Ed Emshwiller; Jesse Pires(Editor)
Ed Emshwiller, Provost and School of Film/Video Dean
Expanded Cinema by Gene Youngblood; R. Buckminster Fuller (Introduction by)
Gene Youngblood, School of Film/Video Faculty
Experimental filmmaking and punk : feminist audio visual culture in the 1970s and 1980s by Rachel Garfield
Betzy Bromberg, School of Film/Video Faculty
Infinite Animation by Pamela Taylor Turner
Adam Beckett, School of Film/Video Faculty
James Benning's Environments by Nikolaj Lübecker (Editor); Daniele Rugo (Editor)
James Benning, School of Film/Video Faculty
Jules Engel by Jules Engel, Lawrence Weschler, Milton Zolotow
Jules Engel, School of Film/Video Faculty
Monte Hellman by Brad Stevens
Monte Hellman, School of Film/Video Faculty
A New History of Animation by Maureen Furniss
Maureen Furniss, School of Film/Video Faculty
On Film-Making by Alexander Mackendrick; Paul Cronin (Editor); Martin Scorsese (Foreword by)
Alexander MacKendrick, School of Film/Video Dean
Optical Poetry by William Moritz
William Moritz, School of Film/Video Faculty
Pat O'Neill: Views from Lookout Mountain by Julie Lazar; Paul Arthur (Text by); John G. Hanhardt (Text by)
Pat O'Neill, School of Film/Video Faculty
Radical Light by Steve Anker (Editor); Kathy Geritz (Editor); Steve Seid (Editor)
Steve Anker, School of Film/Video Dean
Slow Writing by Thom Andersen; Mark Webber (Editor)
Thom Andersen, School of Film/Video Faculty
The Sublimity of Document by Scott MacDonald
James Benning, School of Film/Video Faculty
Betzy Bromberg, School of Film/Video Faculty
Women's Experimental Cinema by Robin Blaetz (Editor)
Chick Strand, School of Film/Video Faculty
Women and Experimental Filmmaking by Leslie Thornton (Contribution by); Su Friedrich (Contribution by); Nina Menkes (Contribution by); Faith Hubley (Contribution by); Jean Petrolle (Editor); Virginia Wexman (Editor)
Nina Menkes, School of Film/Video Faculty

Adam K. Beckett : Complete Works, 1970-1979 by Adam Beckett
Adam Beckett, School of Film/Video Faculty
American Dreams (Lost and Found) ; Landscape Suicide by James Benning
James Benning, School of Film/Video Faculty
Animation is Twenty Five : A Retrospective by Royal College of Art (Great Britain)
Pia Borg, School of Film/Video Faculty
Beyond Enchantment : A Collection of Films by Maureen Selwood (Film director)(Animator)
Maureen Selwood, School of Film/Video Faculty
The Bloody Child by Nina Menkes
Nina Menkes, School of Film/Video Faculty
Bomb It by Jon Reiss
Jon Reiss, School of Film/Video Faculty
Dust by Hartmut Bitomsky
Hartmut Bitomsky, School of Film/Video Dean
Films by Suzan Pitt by Suzan Pitt
Suzan Pitt, School of Film/Video Faculty
Jules Engel: CalArts oral history project by Jules Engel (Interviewee); William Moritz (Interviewer)
Jules Engel, School of Film/Video Faculty
William Moritz, School of Film/Video Faculty
Los Angeles Plays Itself by Thom Andersen
Thom Anderson, School of Film/Video Faculty
Memory/Lies by Gary Mairs
Gary Mairs, School of Film/Video Faculty
Abigail Severance, School of Film/Video Dean
James Benning, School of Film/Video Faculty
Lee Anne Schmitt, School of Film/Video Faculty
Suanne Spoke, School of Film/Video Faculty
David Nordstrom (MFA 95)
J. R. Hughto (MFA 06)
Theron Patterson (MFA 99)
Sweet Smell of Success by Alexander MacKendrick (Director); Clifford Odets (Screenwriter); James Hill (Producer)
Alexander MacKendrick, School of Film/Video Dean
Trouble by Pat O'Neill
Pat O'Neill, School of Film/Video Faculty
Two-Lane Blacktop by Monte Hellman
Monte Hellman, School of Film/Video Faculty

School of Film/Video Alumnx

Books
Videos

American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary by Scott MacDonald
John Gianvito (BFA)
Animation Sketchbooks by Laura Heit
Includes work by numerous alumnx and faculty.
Animation Unlimited by Liz Faber; Helen Walters
Christine Panushka (MFA 82)
John Lasseter (MFA 79)
Larry Cuba (MFA 74)
Animators Unearthed by Amanda Robinson; Chris Robinson
Joanna Priestley (MFA 85)
The Art of the Incredibles by Mark Cotta Vaz; John Lasseter (Introduction by); Brad Bird (Foreword by)
Brad Bird (BFA 76)
Avant-Doc by Scott MacDonald
Pacho Velez (MFA 10)
Burton on Burton by Mark Salisbury; Tim Burton
Tim Burton (79)
Drawn to Sound by Rebecca Coyle
various CalArts alumnx
Experimental Film and Anthropology by Arnd Schneider (Editor); Caterina Pasqualino (Editor)
Robert Fenz (MFA 02)
Experimental Geography by Nato Thompson; Independent Curators International; Trevor Paglen (Contribution by); Jeffrey Kastner (Contribution by)
Deborah Stratman (MFA 95)
Flip-pack : series of six kinetic books by Sara Petty, Kathy Rose, Peter Eastman, George Griffin, Paul Glabicki, Roger Kukes
Kathy Rose (MFA 74)
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Vashti Harrison (MFA 14)
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler
David Hildebrand Wilson (MFA 76)
The sky opened up with answers by Julia Dzwonkoski, Kye Potter
Naomi Uman (MFA 98)
Suffering from Realness by Denise Markonish; Jesse Ball (Contribution by); Solmaz Sharif (Contribution by); Saul Williams (Contribution by); Andy Campbell (Contribution by)
Allison Schulnik (BFA 00)
To Infinity and Beyond! by John Lasseter (Foreword by); Karen Paik; Leslie Iwerks (Other)
Brad Bird (76)
John Lasseter (BFA 79)
Joe Ranft (80)
Andrew Stanton (BFA 87)
Pete Docter (BFA 90)
Trigger by Johanna Burton (Editor, Text by); Lisa Phillips (Foreword by); Natalie Bell (Editor); Rizvana Bradley (Text by)
Mariah Garnett (MFA 11)

Adam by Rhys Ernst
Rhys Ernst (MFA 11)
Adventure Time by Pendleton Ward
Pendleton Ward (BFA 05)
The Book of Life by Jorge R Gutierrez (Director) (Screenwriter); Guillermo del Toro (Producer)
Jorge Gutierrez (MFA 00, BFA 97)
Brave by Mark Andrews (Screenwriter) (Director); Brenda Chapman (Director) (Author); Katherine Sarafian (Producer)
Mark Andrews (BFA 93)
Brenda Chapman (BFA 87)
Creep by Patrick Brice
Patrick Brice (BFA 11)
Dane Davis (BFA 81)
Fighting Gravity : films by Joanna Priestley
Joanna Priestley (MFA 85)
Steven Subotnick (MFA 86, BFA 84)
Ford v Ferrari by James Mangold (Film director) (Film producer); Peter Chernin (Film producer); Jenno Topping (Film producer); Jez Butterworth (Screenwriter); John-Henry Butterworth (Screenwriter); Jason Keller (Screenwriter)
James Mangold (BFA 85)
From the Other Side by Chantal Akerman (Film director); Robert Fenz (Director of photography); Remon Fromont (Director of photography)
Robert Fenz (MFA 02)
An Injury to One by Travis Wilkerson
Travis Wilkerson (MFA 01)
The Iron Giant by Brad Bird (Adapter) (Screenwriter) (Director); Tim McCanlies (Adapter) (Screenwriter)
Brad Bird (76)
The Little Mermaid by John Musker (Screenwriter) (Producer) (Director); Ron Clements (Screenwriter) (Director); Glen Keane (Directing animator)
John Musker (77)
Glen Keane (74)
The Love Witch by Anna Biller
Anna Biller (MFA 93)
M. David Mullen (MFA 91)
Manakamana by Pacho Velez (Director); Stephanie Spray (Director); Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Producer); Véréna Paravel (Producer)
Pacho Velez (MFA 10)
Massillon by William E. Jones
William E. Jones (MFA 90)
Sheila Sofian (MFA 91)
MOMA Retrospective: Animation by Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (Host institution); California Institute of the Arts. School of Film/Video.
John Lasseter (BFA 79); Craig McCracken (BFA 92); Stevie Wermers; Max Weintraub; Adam Beckett; Kathy Rose (MFA 74); Sky David; Paul Demeyer (MFA 77); Henry Selick (MFA 77); Gary Schwartz; J.J. Villard (BFA 04)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman (Screenwriter, Film director); Adele Romanski (Film producer); Sara Murphy (Film producer)
Eliza Hittman (MFA 10)
Scott Cummings (MFA 07)
Powerpuff Girls. The complete series by Craig McCracken, Amy, Keating Rogers, Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, E G Daily, Tom Kane, Roger Jackson
Craig McCracken (BFA 92)
Lauren Faust (95)
Spa Night by Andrew Ahn (Screenwriter) (Film director); David Ariniello (Film producer); Giulia Caruso (Producer); Kelly Thomas (Producer); Ki Jin Kim (Film producer) (Director of photography)
Andrew Ahn (MFA 11)
Giulia Caruso (MFA 13)
Ki Jin Kim (MFA 10), School of Film/Video Faculty
The SpongeBob SquarePants movie by Stephen Hillenburg, Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Lawrence Mr., Jerzy Zielinski, Gregor Narholz
Stephen Hillenburg (MFA 92)
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton (Producer), Denise Di Novi (Producer), Henry Selick (Director), Pete Kozachik (Cinematographer)
Henry Selick (MFA 77)
Tim Burton (79)
Triple Consciousness by Akosua Adoma Owusu
Akosua Adoma Owusu (MFA 08)
WALL-E by Andrew Stanton (Film director) (Screenwriter); Pete Docter (Screenwriter); John Lasseter (Film producer)
Andrew Stanton, (BFA 87)
John Lasseter (BFA 79)
Pete Docter (BFA 90)

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Airing Out Our Drawers: 50-ish Years of CalArts' History and Creativity from the Library and Institute Archives exhibition and accompanying guides were compiled by the CalArts Library as a retrospective to highlight books, a/v materials, posters, and other materials in the various library collections. This is not a comprehensive representation of all materials or people affiliated with CalArts. If you would like to be included, or have any questions or suggestions about the exhibition, please contact us at libref@calarts.edu.