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Janelle Balnicke Collection
WGF-MS-060  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Janelle Balnicke Collection
    Dates: 1980-1995
    Collection Number: WGF-MS-060
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: 1.25 linear feet (1 box)
    Repository: Writers Guild Foundation Archive
    Los Angeles, California 90048
    Abstract: The Janelle Balnicke Collection, 1980-1995, consists primarily of research, script and production materials from the 1980 documentary series Cosmos and the 1987 television documentary The Hero’s Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Open for research, available by appointment only.

    Publication Rights

    The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. Janelle Balnicke Collection. Collection Number: WGF-MS-060. Writers Guild Foundation Archive

    Acquisition Information

    Donated by Janelle Balnicke in 2005.

    Biography/Administrative History

    Janelle Balnicke worked in the entertainment industry on film and TV documentaries a writer, director, and producer.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    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.

    Indexing Terms

    Documentary films
    Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987
    Cosmos (Television program)