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Finding Aid for the Luis M. Meza Papers
1986-1997
CSRC.0040
CSRC.0040
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Title: Luis M. Meza Papers
Identifier/Call Number: CSRC.0040
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1986-1997
Abstract: The collection consists of papers related to two films by filmmaker Luis Meza, the short
Who Gets to Water the Grass? (1986) and his feature film
The Staccato Purr of the Exhaust (1996). Various work prints, Beta tapes, VHS tapes, final film prints and screening cassettes are also a part of the collection.
Creator:
Meza, Luis M.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies
Research Center Library and Archive for paging information.
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish must be
submitted in writing to the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Identification of item], Luis M. Meza Papers, 40, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
Gift of Luis M. Meza, 2006. Deed of gift on file at the CSRC archive office.
Born in Mexico, Luis Meza came to the U.S. as a young boy and grew up in the Highland Park district of Los Angeles. Meza attended
Loyola Marymount University, majoring in Communication Arts where he made his first narrative short film,
Who Gets to Water the Grass? After working at entry level jobs in the film industry, he attended UCLA in the Master's program for Film and Television
writing. He participated in the Walt Disney Writer's Fellowship, during which he wrote and developed material with executives
at Hollywood Pictures and was also invited to the Sundance Institute as a screenwriting fellow. Meza's feature film, which
he wrote and directed,
The Staccato Purr of the Exhaust, was selected by the Sundance Film Festival in 1996.
The collection consists of papers related to
The Staccato Purr of the Exhaust (1996). There are also papers related to an apparently unproduced student project at UCLA.
The contents of Boxes 3 and 4, consisting of film elements and videotapes of Meza's films, are housed at the UCLA Film and
Television Archive.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Meza, Luis M. -- Archives
Mexican American motion picture directors and producers--Archives
Screenwriters --United States--Archives.
Staccato purr of the exhaust (Motion picture)
Who gets to water the grass? (Motion picture)