Finding aid for the David E. James collection on the USC Korean Film Festival 3335
Bo Doub
USC Libraries East Asian Library
2022 March
Doheny Memorial Library
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-1825
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: David E. James collection on the USC Korean Film Festival
Creator:
James, David E., 1945-
Identifier/Call Number: 3335
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/6/resources/3162
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
1 box and 1 oversize folder
Date (inclusive): 1990-2017
Language of Material:
English
, Korean
, Chinese
.
Biographical / Historical
From the USC Korean Film Festival page on the USC Dornsife website (accessed on March 16, 2022):
The School of Cinematic Arts and the USC Korean Studies Institute have collaborated on the USC Korean Film Festival since
2008. This program was first launched by Professor David E. James of Critical Theory in the School of Cinema in 1998 through
his organization of veteran director, Im Kwon Taek's first North American retrospective hosted at USC.
Through this longstanding partnership, the School of Cinematic Arts and KSI regularly presented several successful Korean
films by critically acclaimed directors with films screened in 35mm and digital formats. Along with the screenings, SCA and
KSI invited film scholars, critics, and experts in Korean entertainment as well as Korean film directors to share their thoughts
and analysis on the works presented as well as opinions on the future of Korean film.
Past directors who have been invited include Im Kwon Taek, Yim Soon-Rye, Kang Je-gyu, Lee Myung-se, Park Kwang Su, Hong Sang
Soo, Park Chan-wook, Kim Moon Saeng, Choi Dong-hoon, Anja Daelemans, and Nick Bonner.
Collaborators have included the USC East Asian Studies Center, USC Korean Heritage Library, USC Center for International Studies,
USC East Asian Languages & Cultures, the Korea Foundation, Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, and the Korean Film Council
(KoFiC).
Scope and Contents
A collection of posters, photographs, ephemera, event programs, publications, newspaper clippings, and other material relating
to the USC Korean Film Festival. The material in the collection was created between 1995 and 2017. The collection includes
a 2002 poster signed by director Im Kwon-taek and a poster and group photograph from the Centennial Celebration of Chinese
Cinema at the 2005 Annual Conference of the Asian Cinema Studies Society (ACSS). The material in the collection belonged to
David E. James (School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California), who launched the USC Korean Film Festival program
in 1998. Following the inaugural 1998 event, James continued to organize the film festival until 2017.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of the East
Asian Library at eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of David James, March 2022.
Related Materials
David James collection, Collection no. 2670, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or Item name], David E. James collection on the USC Korean Film Festival, Collection no. 3335, East Asian Library,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asians in motion pictures
Film festivals -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Korea -- Archival resources
Motion pictures, Korean -- Archival resources
Clippings (information artifacts)
Compact discs
Ephemera
Film festival programs
Photographs
Posters
Im, Kwŏn-t'aek -- Archives
James, David E., 1945- -- Archives
University of Southern California. School of Cinematic Arts -- Archives
Box 1, Folder 1
[Material relating to Im Kwon-Taek] /repositories/6/archival_objects/676747
1990-2004
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This material was added to the collection in 2023 from accession no. 2022-012.
Scope and Contents
This file contains:
- Catalogue for Im Kwon-Taek retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, NY 2004
- Catalogue for Im Kwon-Taek retrospective, Munich 1990
- 6 frame enlargements from IKT films
- Brochure from IKT Archive at Dongseo University.
Box 1, Folder 2-6
[Pamphlets, CDs, photographs, ephemera, publicity material, publications, event programs, and other material relating to eight
Korean Film Festivals organized by David James at USC]
/repositories/6/archival_objects/626004
1995-2017
Oversize-folder 1
Contemporary Classics of Korean Cinema [poster] /repositories/6/archival_objects/626001
2002
General
The poster is signed by Im Kwon-taek.
Oversize-folder 1
The Centennial Celebration of Chinese Cinema and the 2005 Annual Conference of ACSS [poster and group photograph] /repositories/6/archival_objects/626002
2005
General
Asian Cinema Studies Society (ACSS).
