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American Cinematheque
The American Cinematheque is an independent, non-profit cultural organization in Los Angeles, California, United States that represents the public presentation of the moving image in all its forms.
It presents festivals and retrospectives that screen the best of worldwide cinema, video, and television from the past and present, ranging from the classics to the outer frontiers of the art form. Cinematheque also provides a forum where film lovers and students can learn from established filmmakers, actors, writers, editors, cinematographers, and others about their craft.[citation needed]
In 1981, Filmex, the Los Angeles International Film Exposition organized by Gary Essert and Gary Abrahams, awarded Elizabeth Taylor the Filmex Trustees Award and raised $90,000 for the creation of a cinematheque with the declared aim that it would eventually build on the work of Filmex and provide year-round film programming of classic and new films from around the world at a proposed Los Angeles Film Center.
After Essert was forced to resign from Filmex in 1983, the Cinematheque was created by Essert, Abrahams and Sydney Pollack in 1984. Lawyer and United Artists employee Kenneth Kleinberg became co-chairman of the board with Pollack. The Cinematheque was modeled on the Cinémathèque française and British Film Institute.
By 1985, Essert had raised over $1 million for the Cinematheque towards a $10 million goal to enable the Cinematheque to have a permanent home at a redeveloped Pan-Pacific Center that was proposed at the time. The same year, the Cinematheque started screening films, starting with a three month Special Showcase honoring the Museum of Modern Art starting November 1 at the Doolittle Theatre with a restored version of D. W. Griffith's 1920 film Way Down East with a live orchestra.
Early board members and trustees included Barry Diller, Robert Fitzpatrick, Wallis Annenberg, Candice Bergen, Allan Carr, Francis Coppola, Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, David Hockney, Louis Malle, Barry Manilow, Diana Muldaur, Mike Nichols, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese and Robert Wise. In 1986, the board of trustees of Filmex voted to merge with the Cinematheque however the Cinematheque board would not approve it unless Filmex's debts were cleared.
Between 1987 and 1998, the Cinematheque presented its programs at a variety of venues, including the Directors Guild of America theater and the Raleigh Studios complex in Hollywood. In December 1998, it opened its own permanent home at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, and in 2004 added a second theater, the Aero Theatre, in Santa Monica. It now presents festivals, retrospectives, and assorted programs at these two theaters and the Los Feliz 3 Theatre.
In 1998, the American Cinematheque completed a major $12.8 million renovation of the Egyptian Theatre that restored the theater's exterior, and added new film, video, and audio technology. In May 2020, the theater was sold to Netflix.
American Cinematheque
The American Cinematheque is an independent, non-profit cultural organization in Los Angeles, California, United States that represents the public presentation of the moving image in all its forms.
It presents festivals and retrospectives that screen the best of worldwide cinema, video, and television from the past and present, ranging from the classics to the outer frontiers of the art form. Cinematheque also provides a forum where film lovers and students can learn from established filmmakers, actors, writers, editors, cinematographers, and others about their craft.[citation needed]
In 1981, Filmex, the Los Angeles International Film Exposition organized by Gary Essert and Gary Abrahams, awarded Elizabeth Taylor the Filmex Trustees Award and raised $90,000 for the creation of a cinematheque with the declared aim that it would eventually build on the work of Filmex and provide year-round film programming of classic and new films from around the world at a proposed Los Angeles Film Center.
After Essert was forced to resign from Filmex in 1983, the Cinematheque was created by Essert, Abrahams and Sydney Pollack in 1984. Lawyer and United Artists employee Kenneth Kleinberg became co-chairman of the board with Pollack. The Cinematheque was modeled on the Cinémathèque française and British Film Institute.
By 1985, Essert had raised over $1 million for the Cinematheque towards a $10 million goal to enable the Cinematheque to have a permanent home at a redeveloped Pan-Pacific Center that was proposed at the time. The same year, the Cinematheque started screening films, starting with a three month Special Showcase honoring the Museum of Modern Art starting November 1 at the Doolittle Theatre with a restored version of D. W. Griffith's 1920 film Way Down East with a live orchestra.
Early board members and trustees included Barry Diller, Robert Fitzpatrick, Wallis Annenberg, Candice Bergen, Allan Carr, Francis Coppola, Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn, David Hockney, Louis Malle, Barry Manilow, Diana Muldaur, Mike Nichols, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese and Robert Wise. In 1986, the board of trustees of Filmex voted to merge with the Cinematheque however the Cinematheque board would not approve it unless Filmex's debts were cleared.
Between 1987 and 1998, the Cinematheque presented its programs at a variety of venues, including the Directors Guild of America theater and the Raleigh Studios complex in Hollywood. In December 1998, it opened its own permanent home at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, and in 2004 added a second theater, the Aero Theatre, in Santa Monica. It now presents festivals, retrospectives, and assorted programs at these two theaters and the Los Feliz 3 Theatre.
In 1998, the American Cinematheque completed a major $12.8 million renovation of the Egyptian Theatre that restored the theater's exterior, and added new film, video, and audio technology. In May 2020, the theater was sold to Netflix.