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- Birth nameMarc Norman Wanamaker
- Marc Wanamaker is a renown historian, archivist, and lecturer in film history. In 1971, he founded Bison Archives in Los Angeles, a leading repository of research and photographs of motion picture history. He assisted in forming the American Film Institute facilities in Beverly Hills in 1969 and was an AFI staff member for seven years. His extensive list of publications includes over a dozen books as well as articles in the Los Angeles Times and interviews in numerous documentaries related to motion picture history.
Wanamaker is a founder of the Los Angeles International Film Exposition and assisted in forming The American Cinematheque. His vast experience co-producing film festivals and expositions led to an appointment as a program consultant with the Pordenone Silent Film Conference in Italy. He has tapped into his vast collection in Bison Archives to produce several historical film festivals, conferences, and programs.
Wanamaker is also the nephew of actor Sam Wanamaker.
- IMDb mini biography by: Marc Wanamaker, Bison Archives
- RelativesZoë Wanamaker(Cousin)
- Is the cousin to actress Zoë Wanamaker.
- Was nominated to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an Associate Member by director Robert Wise and producer Jack Haley Jr..
- In 2012, he donated more than 70,000 photographs from his private collection at Bison Archives to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library.
- Is the nephew of actor Sam Wanamaker who also founded the International Shakespeare Globe Centre, The Globe Theater, in London.
- Established Bison Archives in Los Angeles, California, a production and research consulting organization for motion picture and television studios as well as museums, libraries, media, and historical societies nationwide. Bison Archives has an extensive motion picture and Los Angeles photograph library.
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