2018 Award Recipients
On Thursday, November 29th, AMIA will present Awards to four exceptional individuals, recognizing the contributions they have made to AMIA and to our field.
Ken Weissman
Silver Light Award
The Silver Light Award recognizes outstanding career achievement in moving image archiving and significant contributions to the field.
Ken Weissman has worked in film post-production and preservation for over 40 years. His career with the Library of Congress began in 1981 when he was hired as a film preservation specialist. As Supervisor of the Film Preservation Laboratory, he was involved in building and opening the lab at the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. In addition to directing the restoration of a wide range of films over his career, Ken was at the forefront of the efforts to design and implement a high-tech scanning system to digitally preserve and restore the Library’s paper print collection of early motion pictures. As an AMIA member, ken co-developed the organization’s Intermediate Preservation Training Workshop, served as a Board director, and chaired the AMIA Preservation Committee.
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Jeffrey L. Stoiber
Alan Stark Award
The Alan Stark Award recognizes significant contributions through efforts on a project that contributes to the work of moving image archives and/or AMIA.
Jeff Stoiber has made educating the next generation a cornerstone of his career. This commitment has led to the creation of a video library of presentations at AMIA Conferences that have been considered an invaluable resource for students and researchers alike. Throughout his tenure as administrator of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation, he has worked with over 250 students from 29 different countries. He also presents on moving image preservation education at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies and at AMIA conferences. Additionally, Jeff serves on the Board of Trustees for the Chili Public Library in New York.
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Dino Everett
William S. O’Farrell Volunteer Award
The William S. O’Farrell Volunteer Award recognizes significant contributions to AMAI and to the field through volunteer efforts.
Dino Everet, got his start running carbon arc projectors at a drive-in in the 1970s before spending most of his life as a touring punk rock musician. He ultimately got a job at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, which led to his current role at the USC Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive, where he began a punk archive. Dino specializes in unusual film formats and has published and presented articles both on the history and technology of the moving image field. He also actively supports the amateur’s role in the history of cinema archiving and the safe use of archival originals. Everett continues to be an advocate for moving image archiving through his close volunteer work and engagement with various community archives and media arts organizations across the Los Angeles area. By collaborating closely with community organizations such as the Echo Park Film Center, The Southern California Library, Visual Communications, and the Outfest Legacy Project, Dino has been able to inspire and educate a new generation of moving image archivists, as well as artists, cinephiles and the general public throughout Los Angeles.
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Ray Edmondson
Advocacy Award
AMIA’s inaugural Advocacy Award to Ray Edmondson is in recognition of his history of advocacy for archivists and archives around the world and hsi development of advocacy efforts within AMIA.
In the art and science of archiving, Ray Edmondson is one of the industry’s most respected advocates, embodying what the award stands for. Described as the “moving spirit” behind the creation of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) in 1984, Ray was its deputy director until 2001, when he retired and was endowed as its first honorary Curator Emeritus. During his public service career, he devised and led corporately funded film restorations and pioneering programs like The Last Film Search and Operation Newsreel. Ray has received numerous awards for his work, including the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), NSW Pioneer of the Year by the Australian Society of Cinema Pioneers, the SEAPAVAA (South East Asia Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association) Life Achievement Award, and the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Australian Society of Archivists, among many others. He is also a past recipient of the AMIA Silver Light Award. Ray has served as chair or board member on numerous professional and community organizations, authors books and industry journal articles, teaches, and lectures around the world.