Finding Aid for the Luis M. Meza Papers
1986-1997
CSRC.0040
Finding aid prepared by Processed by CSRC. Data cleanup by Doug Johnson, September 2017.
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center
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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.
Access
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.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Luis M. Meza Papers, 40, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Luis M. Meza, 2006. Deed of gift on file at the CSRC archive office.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Separated Materials note
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)
Staccato Purr of the Exhaust (1996)
1992-1997
Biographical/Historical note
Working title:
You Lose.
Box 1, Folder 1
Casting
circa 1993
Scope and Contents note
Talent representative memo
Mambo Casting schedule
Mambo Casting fax
Mambo Casting chedule
Mambo talent information form
Letter to Orlette Ruiz of Mambo Casting
Introduction to story
Casting specs
Casting notice.
Box 1, Folder 2
Cast and crew lists
undated
Box 1, Folder 4
Partial screenplay
You Lose
1993
Box 1, Folder 10
Festival programs
1996-1997
Scope and Contents note
Includes: Sundance Film Festival, 1996; Cinefestival, 1996; Newport Beach Film Festival, 1997; Virginia Film Festival, 1996;
Denver Film Festival, 1996.
Box 1, Folder 11
Flyers for Sundance screenings
1996
Box 1, Folder 12
Publicity
undated
Scope and Contents note
Flyers and postcards for free screening at Laemmle's Santa Monica 4-plex.
Box 1, Folder 13
Publicity
undated
Scope and Contents note
Promo stickers, postcards, and business cards.
Box 1, Folder 17
Actor photos, rejects
1993
Box 2, Folder 4
Camera package receipts
1993
Box 2, Folder 11
Aimee Peterson continuity notebook
1993
Box 2, Folder 17
Publicity and reviews
1993-1996
Scope and Contents note
Production notes, cast notes, synopsis, credits and press reviews.
Box 4
Film elements and videotapes
1996
General note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
Box 5
Shooting schedule board and paper copies of board pages
1993
Weathermen and Women (unrealized?)
1992-1993
Biographical/Historical note
This appears to be a project that Meza was developing for a UCLA course.
Box 1, Folder 5
Three screenplays
circa 1992
Box 1, Folder 6
Film and TV 434
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes step outline; synopsis; character sketches.
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence
1992
Scope and Contents note
Letters to UCLA staff and faculty Informing of intent to produce narrative short.
Box 1, Folder 16
Panavision rental insurance
1993
Box 2, Folder 16
Shooting schedule
1992-1993
Who Gets to Water the Grass? (1986)
1986
Box 3
Film elements and videotapes
1993
General note
Materials archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
