This research project is directly tied to two USC assets: the Orphan Film Symposium and The USC Newsfilm Library collection of extraordinary and irreplaceable films. As the symposium has proved, the orphan film movement is attracting the support of scholarly, creative and commercial interests. The Digital Orphanage will facilitate this cooperation and create opportunities for further collaborative research and sponsored projects.

ADVISORS AND CONSULTANTS

Richard Prelinger
Director of the Internet Moving Images Archive, San Francisco
Founder/President of Prelinger Archives
member of the National Film Preservation Board

James Lindner
Founder/President of VIDIPAX, Inc. New York
Founder of the new company Media Matters, New York

Gregory Lukow
Assistant Chief, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, & Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress
(formerly with UCLA Film & Television Archive and the American Film Institute)

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

Julie Hubbert
Music History jhubbert@mozart.sc.edu

Laura Kissel
Media Arts laura@sc.edu

Dan Streible
Film Studies streible@sc.edu