Shepard, David

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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Shepard, David
Date of birth
1940-10-22
Date of death
2017-01-31
Field of activity
Motion picture film--Preservation
Motion pictures--Distribution
Silent films
Occupation
Acting teachers
Film historians
Film teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 118441607
Wikidata: Q5239719
Library of congress: n 88041249
HAI10: 000256566
Sources of Information
  • Vidor, K. King Vidor, c1988:CIP t.p. (David Shepard; special projects officer, Directors Guild of America; Los Angeles, CA)
  • OCLC, Sept. 6, 2000(hdgs.: Shepard, David; Shepard, David H. ; usage: David Shepard; David H. Shepard)
  • Internet movie database, Sept. 6, 2000(David H. Shepard, misc. crew and film production, 1970s-1980s)
  • Phone call to U. of South. Calif., 5/18/88(David H. Shepard)
  • WW online, searched May 20, 2004(David Haspel Shepard, film restoration specialist; b. Oct. 22, 1940, NYC; Asst prof. theatre Penn. State Univ., 1965-68; film acq. mgr, programmer Am. Film Inst., Washington, 1968-73; v. pres. Blackhawk Films, Inc., Davenport, Iowa, 1973-76; spec. proj. off. Directors Guild Am., Hollywood, Calif., 1976-87; adj. prof. cinema-TV Univ. S. California, L.A., 1982-2002; owner Film Preservation Associates, Hat Creek, Calif., 1989-2000; managing dir. Film Preservation Associates, Inc., 2000-)
Wikipedia description:

David Haspel Shepard (October 22, 1940 – January 31, 2017) was an American film preservationist whose company, Film Preservation Associates, is responsible for many high-quality video versions of silent films. Some come from the Blackhawk Films library (owned by Shepard) and others from materials owned by private collectors and film archives around the world.

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