Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Janelle Balnicke Collection
- Dates:
- 1980-1995
- Creators:
- Balnicke, Janelle
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1.25 linear feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Janelle Balnicke Collection. Writers Guild Foundation Archive
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains scripts from all 13 episodes of the 1980 documentary series Cosmos as well as magazines, periodicals and continuity Polaroid photographs featuring host Carl Sagan. The collection also contains material from The Hero’s Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell. Produced in 1987, it seeks to distill the life and teachings of America’s best known comparative mythologist. Balnicke served as writer, producer and director on the project and the collection contains a raw interview transcript with Campbell, notes on Campbell’s teachings and mythological concepts, synopses, applications for funding, handwritten notes, post production reports, multiple drafts of the script as well as press clippings and film festival programs. The collection also contains two folders with production documents and scripts from the 1995 documentary series U.S. Customs Classified and one folder with a proposal and detailed outline for an unproduced 10-episode documentary series entitled The Messengers about the development of human communication.
- Biographical / historical:
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Janelle Balnicke worked in the entertainment industry on film and TV documentaries a writer, director, and producer.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Janelle Balnicke in 2005.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Documentary films
- Names:
- Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1980-1995
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research, available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- Preferred citation:
-
Janelle Balnicke Collection. Writers Guild Foundation Archive
- Location of this collection:
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7000 West Third StreetLos Angeles, CA 90048, US
- Contact:
- (323) 782-4680