Bruce Davis

Gebundenes Buch

The Academy and the Award - The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Beschreibung

"The early history of the formation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its most famous award-the Oscar-as told by its former executive director who reveals many previously unknown stories"--

Autor

Bruce Davis joined the Academy staff in 1981, after serving as Theater Department chair at Juniata College. He was the organization's Executive Director for twenty years, overseeing the establishment of one of the world's great film archives and finding handsome new quarters for the Academy's Herrick Library. Davis has described his tenure as "thirty years among the masters of an art form." He lives in Los Angeles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brandeis University Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 162mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9781684581191
• ISBN-10: 1684581192
• Artikelnr.: 63628916