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Ron Diamond animation festival programs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2653

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Scope and Contents

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This collection consists of the animation festival programs and industry catalogs of American animator and producer Ron Diamond, and his associated businesses Animation World Network and Acme Filmworks. Animation festival programs include materials from Animafest Zagreb, Holland Animation Film Festival, and Anima Mundi. Also included are books on animation and comic illustration.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985 - 2014

Conditions Governing Access

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Ron Diamond (b. 1958) is an American film producer and animator. A graduate of University of California, Los Angeles’ BA and MFA programs within the School of Theater, Film and Television, Diamond began his career producing live-action films such as The Chocolate War (1988), and Sorority House Massacre (1986). He then shifted his focus to animation and founded Acme Filmworks in 1990 and co-founded the online publishing group Animation World Network with fellow animator Dan Sarto in 1996. Acme Filmworks operates as a virtual animation studio that connects directors and animators internationally to create client driven productions in addition to narrative animated shorts. Diamond founded the annual showcase the Animation Show of Shows in 1998, and has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Short Films and Feature Animation branch since 2002.

Extent

59.63 Linear Feet (53 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of the animation festival programs and industry catalogs of American animator and producer Ron Diamond, and his associated businesses Animation World Network and Acme Filmworks.

Additional collection guides

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Ron Diamond in 2014.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding aid for the Ron Diamond animation festival programs
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 May
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.