Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Ron Diamond animation festival programs
- Dates:
- 1985-2014
- Creators:
- Diamond, Ron and Animation World Network
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of the animation festival programs and industry catalogs of American animator and producer Ron Diamond, and his associated businesses Animation World Network and Acme Filmworks.
- Containers:
- Box: 1
Box: 2
Box: 3
Box: 4
Box: 4A
Box: 5
Box: 6
Box: 7
Box: 8
Box: 9
Box: 10
Box: 11
Box: 12
Box: 13
Box: 14
Box: 15
Box: 16
Box: 17
Box: 18
Box: 19
Box: 20
Box: 21
Box: 22
Box: 23
Box: 24
Box: 25
Box: 26
Box: 27
Box: 28
Box: 29
Box: 30
Box: 31
Box: 32
Box: 33
Box: 34
Box: 35
Box: 36
Box: 37
Box: 38
Box: 39
Box: 40
Box: 41
Box: 42
Box: 43
Box: 44
Box: 45
Box: 46
Box: 47
Box: 48
Box: 49
Box: 50
Box: 51
Box: 52 - Extent:
- 59.63 Linear Feet 53 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Ron Diamond animation festival programs, Collection no. 2578, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection is currently unavailable for access.
This collection consists of the animation festival programs and industry catalogs of American animator and producer Ron Diamond, and his associated businesses Animation World Network and Acme Filmworks. Animation festival programs include materials from Animafest Zagreb, Holland Animation Film Festival, and Anima Mundi. Also included are books on animation and comic illustration.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ron Diamond (b. 1958) is an American film producer and animator. A graduate of University of California, Los Angeles' BA and MFA programs within the School of Theater, Film and Television, Diamond began his career producing live-action films such as The Chocolate War (1988), and Sorority House Massacre (1986). He then shifted his focus to animation and founded Acme Filmworks in 1990 and co-founded the online publishing group Animation World Network with fellow animator Dan Sarto in 1996. Acme Filmworks operates as a virtual animation studio that connects directors and animators internationally to create client driven productions in addition to narrative animated shorts. Diamond founded the annual showcase the Animation Show of Shows in 1998, and has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Short Films and Feature Animation branch since 2002.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Ron Diamond in 2014.
- Processing information:
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Collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-09-07 16:32:02 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is currently unavailable for access.
- Terms of access:
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Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Ron Diamond animation festival programs, Collection no. 2578, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383