B. J. Bjorkman papers
Catalogued by Smith, Leah
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
333 S La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Published January 2023
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: The collection consists of annotated shooting scripts, continuity photographs, storyboards, and production notes. Nearly a
dozen films are represented, titles include BILOXI BLUES (1988), A CHORUS LINE (1985), EDDIE (1996), JADE (1995), SCHOOL TIES
(1992), and THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (1987). In addition to Bjorkman's voluminous script notes, there are also handwritten
notes by Bjorkman with background details on the productions.
Collector:
Bjorkman, B. J.
Dates: 1984-1996
Collection number: 371
Collection Size:
5.6 linear ft. of papers
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Available by appointment only.
Publication Rights
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all
necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing
materials obtained from the library.
Preferred Citation
B. J. Bjorkman papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Acquisition Information
Gift of B. J. Bjorkman, 1995
Biography
B. J. Bjorkman was an American script supervisor. She began her career in television in the mid-1950s, was involved with industrial
and documentary films in the early 1960s, and worked in feature films from the mid-1960s to mid-1990s.
Arrangement of the Collection
1. Production files
Indexing terms
Script supervisors and clerks
folder 1
BILOXI BLUES--script
1987--1987
Record ID: 71301242
folder 2
BILOXI BLUES--script
1987--1987
Record ID: 71497651
folder 3
BILOXI BLUES--script
1987--1987
Record ID: 71444799
folder 4
BILOXI BLUES--script
1987--1987
Record ID: 71497660
folder 5
BILOXI BLUES--script
Circa 1988--1988
Record ID: 71497664
folder 6
BILOXI BLUES--call sheets
1987--1987
Record ID: 71444800
folder 7
BILOXI BLUES--drawing
Circa 1988--1988
Record ID: 71497669
folder 8
BILOXI BLUES--master time sheets
1987--1987
Record ID: 71497666
folder 9
BILOXI BLUES--music
Circa 1988--1988
Record ID: 71497663
folder 10
BILOXI BLUES--notes
Circa 1988--1988
Record ID: 71497779
folder 11
BILOXI BLUES--production
1987--1987
Record ID: 71497668
folder 12
BILOXI BLUES--production reports
1987--1987
Record ID: 71444801
folder 13
BILOXI BLUES--scene breakdown
Circa 1988--1988
Record ID: 71497667
folder 14
BILOXI BLUES--shooting schedule
1987--1987
Record ID: 71444802
folder 15
BILOXI BLUES--storyboards
Circa 1988--1988
Record ID: 71444803
folder 16
BILOXI BLUES--wild tracks
1987--1987
Record ID: 71497665
folder 17
BOYS ON THE SIDE--script
1993--1994
Record ID: 71444804
folder 18
BOYS ON THE SIDE--script
1994--1994
Record ID: 71444805
folder 19
BOYS ON THE SIDE--script
1994--1994
Record ID: 71444806
folder 20
BOYS ON THE SIDE--script
1994--1994
Record ID: 71497686
folder 21
BOYS ON THE SIDE--script
1994--1994
Record ID: 71497687
folder 22
BOYS ON THE SIDE--script
1994--1994
Record ID: 71444808
folder 23
BOYS ON THE SIDE--script
1994--1994
Record ID: 71497690
folder 24
BOYS ON THE SIDE--script
1994--1994
Record ID: 71497691
folder 25
BOYS ON THE SIDE--breakdowns and page count
1993--1994
Record ID: 71444809
folder 26
BOYS ON THE SIDE--call sheets
1994--1994
Record ID: 71444810
folder 27
BOYS ON THE SIDE--film strips
Circa 1995--1995
Record ID: 71444811
folder 28
BOYS ON THE SIDE--master time sheets
Circa 1995--1995
Record ID: 71497693
folder 29
BOYS ON THE SIDE--music
1994--1994
Record ID: 71444812
folder 30
BOYS ON THE SIDE--production reports
1994--1994
Record ID: 71444813
folder 31
BOYS ON THE SIDE--storyboards
1993--1993
Record ID: 71444814
folder 32
BOYS ON THE SIDE--tests
1994--1994
Record ID: 71444807
folder 33
BOYS ON THE SIDE--wild tracks
1994--1994
Record ID: 71497692
folder 34
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS--script
1985--1986
Record ID: 71444815
folder 35
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS--script
1985--1986
Record ID: 71497696
folder 36
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS--script
1985--1986
Record ID: 71497697
folder 37
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS--breakdowns
1985--1985
Record ID: 71444818
folder 38
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS--master time sheets
Circa 1986--1986
Record ID: 71444819
folder 39
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS--notes
Circa 1986--1986
Record ID: 71497778
folder 40
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS--production reports
1985--1985
Record ID: 71444820
folder 41
A CHORUS LINE--script
1984--1985
Record ID: 71444821
folder 42
A CHORUS LINE--script
1984--1985
Record ID: 71497698
folder 43
A CHORUS LINE--script
1984--1985
Record ID: 71497699
folder 44
A CHORUS LINE--master time sheets
Circa 1985--1985
Record ID: 71444822
folder 45
A CHORUS LINE--notes
Circa 1985--1985
Record ID: 71497780
folder 46
DOLORES--script
1988--1988
Record ID: 71444823
folder 47
DOLORES--notes
Circa 1989--1989
Record ID: 71497781
folder 48
EDDIE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444824
folder 49
EDDIE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71305189
folder 50
EDDIE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444825
folder 51
EDDIE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497706
folder 52
EDDIE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497707
folder 53
EDDIE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444826
folder 54
EDDIE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444827
folder 55
EDDIE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497715
folder 56
EDDIE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497716
folder 57
EDDIE--breakdown and page count
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444828
folder 58
EDDIE--call sheets
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444829
folder 59
EDDIE--editor's log
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497717
folder 60
EDDIE--editor's log
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497718
folder 61
EDDIE--master time sheets
Circa 1996--1996
Record ID: 71497708
folder 62
EDDIE--player's roster
Circa 1996--1996
Record ID: 71497720
folder 63
EDDIE--production reports
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444830
folder 64
EDDIE--schedules
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444831
folder 65
EDDIE--storyboards
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444832
folder 66
EDDIE--wild tracks
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497719
folder 67
JADE--script
1994--1994
Record ID: 71444833
folder 68
JADE--script
1994--1995
Record ID: 71444834
folder 69
JADE--script
1994--1995
Record ID: 71497723
folder 70
JADE--script
1994--1995
Record ID: 71497724
folder 71
JADE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444835
folder 72
JADE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497726
folder 73
JADE--script
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497727
folder 74
JADE--blueprints
Circa 1995--1995
Record ID: 71444838
folder 75
JADE--breakdowns
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444836
folder 76
JADE--call sheets
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444837
folder 77
JADE--master time sheets
Circa 1995--1995
Record ID: 71497837
folder 78
JADE--production reports
1995--1995
Record ID: 71444839
folder 79
JADE--props
Circa 1995--1995
Record ID: 71497728
folder 80
JADE--wild tracks
1995--1995
Record ID: 71497836
folder 81
OFF AND RUNNING--script
1990--1990
Record ID: 71444840
folder 82
OFF AND RUNNING--script
1990--1990
Record ID: 71497729
folder 83
OFF AND RUNNING--notes
Circa 1992--1992
Record ID: 71497783
folder 84
OFF AND RUNNING--tests
1990--1990
Record ID: 71497820
folder 85
OFF AND RUNNING--wild tracks
Circa 1992--1992
Record ID: 71497730
folder 86
SCHOOL TIES--script
1991--1991
Record ID: 71444841
folder 87
SCHOOL TIES--script
1991--1991
Record ID: 71497731
folder 88
SCHOOL TIES--script
1991--1991
Record ID: 71497732
folder 89
SCHOOL TIES--script
1991--1991
Record ID: 71444842
folder 90
SCHOOL TIES--script
1991--1991
Record ID: 71497733
folder 91
SCHOOL TIES--script
1991--1991
Record ID: 71497734
folder 92
SCHOOL TIES--breakdowns
1991--1991
Record ID: 71444843
folder 93
SCHOOL TIES--master time sheets
Circa 1992--1992
Record ID: 71497735
folder 94
SCHOOL TIES--notes
Circa 1992--1992
Record ID: 71497776
folder 95
SCHOOL TIES--tests
1991--1991
Record ID: 71497737
folder 96
SCHOOL TIES--wild tracks
1991--1991
Record ID: 71497736
folder 97
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--script
1986--1987
Record ID: 71444844
folder 98
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--script
1986--1987
Record ID: 71497738
folder 99
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--script
1986--1987
Record ID: 71497739
folder 100
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--script
1986--1987
Record ID: 71444845
folder 101
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--script
1986--1987
Record ID: 71497740
folder 102
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--script
1986--1987
Record ID: 71497741
folder 103
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--breakdowns and page count
1986--1986
Record ID: 71444846
folder 104
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--film strips
Circa 1987--1987
Record ID: 71444847
folder 105
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--floor plans
Circa 1987--1987
Record ID: 71444848
folder 106
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--master time sheets
Circa 1987--1987
Record ID: 71497742
folder 107
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--notes
Circa 1987--1987
Record ID: 71497777
folder 108
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--production reports
1986--1987
Record ID: 71444849
folder 109
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--shooting schedule
1986--1986
Record ID: 71444850
folder 110
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS--wild tracks
1987--1987
Record ID: 71497743
folder 111
TRUE COLORS--script
1990--1990
Record ID: 71444851
folder 112
TRUE COLORS--script
1990--1990
Record ID: 71497753
folder 113
TRUE COLORS--script
1990--1990
Record ID: 71444853
folder 114
TRUE COLORS--breakdowns
1990--1990
Record ID: 71444854
folder 115
TRUE COLORS--master time sheets
Circa 1991--1991
Record ID: 71497759
folder 116
TRUE COLORS--notes
Circa 1991--1991
Record ID: 71497782
folder 117
TRUE COLORS--production reports
1990--1990
Record ID: 71444855
folder 118
TRUE COLORS--wild tracks
1990--1990
Record ID: 71497760
folder 119
UNDERCOVER BLUES--script
1992--1992
Record ID: 71444856
folder 120
UNDERCOVER BLUES--script
1992--1992
Record ID: 71444857
folder 121
UNDERCOVER BLUES--script
1992--1992
Record ID: 71497768
folder 122
UNDERCOVER BLUES--script
1992--1992
Record ID: 71444858
folder 123
UNDERCOVER BLUES--script
1992--1992
Record ID: 71497771
folder 124
UNDERCOVER BLUES--script
1992--1992
Record ID: 71497772
folder 125
UNDERCOVER BLUES--breakdowns
1992--1992
Record ID: 71444859
folder 126
UNDERCOVER BLUES--cast
1992--1992
Record ID: 71444860
folder 127
UNDERCOVER BLUES--master time sheets
Circa 1993--1993
Record ID: 71444861
folder 128
UNDERCOVER BLUES--notes
Circa 1993--1993
Record ID: 71497775
folder 129
UNDERCOVER BLUES--production reports
1992--1992
Record ID: 71444862
folder 130
UNDERCOVER BLUES--storyboards
1992--1992
Record ID: 71444863
folder 131
UNDERCOVER BLUES--tests
1992--1992
Record ID: 71497773
folder 132
UNDERCOVER BLUES--wild tracks
1992--1992
Record ID: 71497774