- TitleFilmFinders collection, 1991 - 2002 (inclusive)
- Collector
- Date(s)Circa 1991 - 2002 (inclusive)
- Description
3.75 linear ft. of items
- Summary
The FilmFinders material spans the years 1991-2002. The collection consists of preminders and rights supplements, buyers guides, monthly and quarterly reports, and more. These quarterly publications provide synopses, production & cast credits, budgets, foreign & domestic distribution rights, contacts, & production schedules when available.
- BiographySydney Levine is an American film executive. She served as Vice President of Acquisitions for Republic Pictures and previously spent three years of acquiring feature films for Lorimar. She has also worked in international distribution for Twentieth Century Fox in Amsterdam and in marketing for ABC Video Enterprises. In 1988 she founded FilmFinders with her partner Peter Belsito to act as a back office for acquisitions executives in both distribution and sales as well as festival programmers needing to track new films worldwide for acquisition and to consult with producers needing to plan festival and sales and financing strategies. In 2006 she sold the company to Withoutabox and together they were acquired by IMDb in 2008 where she integrated FilmFinders into IMDbPro and exited in 2009.
- Subjects
- Acquisitions InformationGift of FilmFinders/Sydney Levine, 1994-2011.
- Preferred citationFilmFinders collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- DepartmentLibrary
- 2900
- AvailabilityFor information on the contents and availability of this collection please contact the Reference and Public Services department at ref@oscars.org.
- Moving Image Items
- Library Holdings
