11/9/25

Preservation Panel

Featuring presentations and a discussion with archivists, historians, curators, and top preservation experts. 

Participating in the Panel: 

Margaret Bodde, Executive Director of The Film Foundation

Kevin Schaeffer, Director of Restoration and Library Management at Walt Disney 

…on Walt Disney Studios’ restoration partnership with The Film Foundation

Grover Crisp, EVP Asset Restoration and Preservation at Sony Pictures Entertainment

…on a 9 1/2 minute short made in 1932 by Columbia Pictures, chronicling the making of a film from idea to finished product and containing the only known footage of Frank Capra directing on a set

James Mockoski, Restoration Supervisor at American Zoetrope 

…on working with Francis Ford Coppola on the reconstructions of films like ‘The Cotton Club,’ ‘Apocalypse Now,’ ‘The Godfather,’ and ‘One From The Heart’

Bill Morrison, Filmmaker

…on his experience researching nitrate films from film archives, including his history working with the Library of Congress Nitrate Vault manager George Willeman of the Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. Morrison will share photos and short clips he has culled from the collection with Willeman’s help.

Skyler Reid, great grandson of Max Fleischer

… on the legacy of the Fleischer family, who has undertaken an effort to preserve Fleischer Studios with restorations of beloved classic cartoons featuring characters like Betty Boop, Popeye the Sailor, and Koko the Clown

Free admission, followed by brunch.