Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing History
Biographical Note
Collection Scope and Contents
Collection Arrangement
Related Material
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jesús Salvador Treviño science fiction collection
Date (inclusive): 1994-1998, undated
Collection Number: MS 273
Creator:
Treviño, Jesús Salvador
Extent:
5.0 linear feet
(12 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: This collection consists of scripts, call sheets, storyboards, crew lists, set plans, and other material pertaining to science
fiction television shows directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño, an American television director and writer. Includes material
from
Seaquest DSV,
Babylon 5,
Star Trek: Voyager, and
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives.
Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission
of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable
rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Jesús Salvador Treviño science fiction collection (MS 273). University of California,
Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Jesús Salvador Treviño, 2014.
Processing History
Processed by Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator, 2014.
Biographical Note
Jesús Salvador Treviño is a writer/director whose science fiction television directing credits include Seaquest DSV, Star
Trek: Voyager, Babylon Five, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Treviño began his career in film and television as a student activist documenting the 1960s Chicano civil rights struggle
with a super-8 camera. Throughout the late sixties and early nineteen seventies, he was both a participant and a chronicler
of the events and issues of the day. His national PBS documentaries about Latinos and the Chicano struggle include America
Tropical, Yo Soy Chicano, La Raza Unida, Chicano Moratorium, The Salazar Inquest and Birthwrite. He was Co-Executive Producer
of the PBS documentary series, Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. He wrote and directed the Mexican
feature film Raices De Sangre (Roots of Blood) and Seguin, an American Playhouse drama of the Alamo saga told from a Mexican
American point of view. More recently, he has served as Co- Executive Producer of the Showtime series, Resurrection Blvd.
Treviño has won dozens of national and international awards and recognitions including (twice) the prestigious Directors Guild
of America award and an Alma award for Outstanding Director of a Television drama and an Alma award as Co-Executive Producer
of Resurrection Boulevard, Best Prime-time drama series. In 1991, his film, Raices De Sangre (Roots of Blood), was included
in an anthology of the 25 Most Significant Films of Latin American Cinema at the 36th Annual International Film Festival of
Valladolid, Spain. In 1993 he was honored with an homage at the Montevideo International Film Festival in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Treviño is also a writer. His collection of short stories, The Fabulous Sinkhole and Other Stories was published in 1995.
His memoir, Eyewitness – A Filmmaker's Memoir of The Chicano Movement was published in 2001. The book chronicles his experiences
as an activist filmmaker during the turbulent 1960s and also addresses the status of United States Latinos in the next millennium.
His latest collection of short stories, The Skyscraper that Flew, was published in November of 2005.*
*Jesús Salvador Treviño: A Brief Biography. Retrieved from http://chuytrevino.com/biography/
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scripts, call sheets, storyboards, crew lists, set plans, and other material pertaining to science
fiction television shows directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño, an American television director and writer. Includes material
from
Seaquest DSV,
Babylon 5,
Star Trek: Voyager, and
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged into five series as follows:
- Series 1.
Babylon 5, 1995-1998
- Series 2.
Seaquest DSV, 1994-1995
- Series 3.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 1996-1998, undated
- Series 4.
Star Trek: Voyager, 1995-1998, undated
- Series 5. Other television series, 1996-1998
Related Material
Stanford University Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Jesus Salvador Treviño papers, 1969-1996
(Call number: Special Collections M0624).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Science fiction
Television producers and directors
Genres and Forms of Materials
Storyboards
Television scripts