Organizations Filed Purposes:
EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING, PRESERVING AND RESTORING FILM ART AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SHARED CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE; AND FUNDING THE RESTORATION/PRESERVATION OF FILM ART AT ARCHIVES AND LABORATORIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY; TO DEFEND AGAINST HISTORICAL REVISIONISM; TO GAIN RECOGNITION FOR ARTISTS RIGHTS; AND THE PROTECTION OF ARTISTS WORKS AND THE ARTISTS WHO CREATED THEM.
THE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND PRESERVING MOTION PICTURE HISTORY.
THE FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED THE WORLD CINEMA PROJECT (WCP), TO PRESERVE, RESTORE AND SHARE NEGLECTED WORKS BY FILMMAKERS FROM REGIONS ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE. TO DATE, 40 FILMS HAVE BEEN RESTORED FROM 24 COUNTRIES. THE FOUNDATION EXHIBITS ALL THE RESTORED FILMS TO EXPOSE A NEW GENERATION TO CLASSIC CINEMA AND EDUCATE THEM ON THE NEED FOR ITS PRESERVATION. SOME OF THE FILMS THAT WERE RESTORED THROUGH THE WCP INCLUDE THE CLOUD-CAPPED STAR (INDIA. 1960, D. RITWIK GHATAK), EL FANTASMA DEL CONVENTO (MEXICO. 1934, D. FERNANDO DE FUENTES), LOS OLVIDADOS (MEXICO.1950, D. LUIS BUNUEL), LA FEMME AU COUTEAU (COTE D'IVOIRE, 1969, D. TIMITE BASSOURI), AND MUNA MOTO (CAMEROON, 1975, D. JEAN-PIERRE DIKONGUE-PIPA). AS PART OF THE WCP, THE FOUNDATION CREATED THE AFRICAN FILM HERITAGE PROJECT TO LOCATE, RESTORE AND PRESERVE SIGNIFICANT AFRICAN TITLES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PAN AFRICAN FEDERATION OF FILMMAKERS AND UNESCO. IN ADDITION, THE WCP PROVIDES TRAINING FOR STUDENTS AND ARCHIVISTS THROUGH ITS RESTORATION FILM SCHOOL IN UNDERSERVED REGIONS. CRUCIAL TO THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS PROVIDING ACCESS TO ALL THE TITLES IT HELPS TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE. IN 2019, THERE WERE MORE THAN 700 SCREENINGS OF TFF-FUNDED RESTORATIONS AT FESTIVALS, MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES AND OTHER VENUES AROUND THE GLOBE. IN KEEPING WITH THE FOUNDATION'S COMMITMENT TO PROJECTING FILM, IT PARTNERED WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVISTS (AMIA) AND BOSTON LIGHT & SOUND TO HOST A FILM PROJECTION WORKSHOP IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THE FOUNDATION'S NITRATE PROJECTION BOOTH AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATER IN HOLLYWOOD ALSO CONTINUED TO PROGRAM NITRATE FILMS ALL YEAR ROUND.
THE STORY OF MOVIES IS A UNIQUE INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM DESIGNED TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CLASSIC CINEMA, TO TEACH THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF FILM, AND TO DEVELOP CRITICAL-VIEWING SKILLS. FOUR CURRICULUM UNITS HAVE BEEN CREATED: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962, D. ROBERT MULLIGAN), MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939, D. FRANK CAPRA), AND THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951, D. ROBERT WISE), AS WELL AS THREE NEW MODULES ON PORTRAITS OF AMERICA: DEMOCRACY ON FILM. THE NEW UNIT BUILDS UPON ITS ORIGINAL MISSION OF CINEMA LITERACY, AND ITS EMPHASIS ON THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FILM, AND EXPANDS IT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT MOVIES THAT EXPRESS THE IDEALS CHALLENGES INHERENT IN OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. THE FILMS IN THIS PROGRAM WERE SELECTED BECAUSE THEY HUMANIZE THE ABSTRACT CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY THROUGH THE COMPELLING STORIES THEY TELL ABOUT PEOPLE-FICTIONAL AND REAL, FAMOUS AND NOT. THREE OF THE EIGHT MODULES WERE COMPLETED IN 2019: THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE, THE AMERICAN LABORER, AND CIVIL RIGHTS. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS WERE HELD AT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL STUDIES (NCSS) ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS (AFT). THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE; EDUCATORS HAVE ACCESS TO THE MATERIALS ON STORYOFMOVIES.ORG, AS WELL AS TO THE FILM LESSON LIBRARY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SENT TO OVER 120,000 MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPMENT - THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCESS TO RESTORED FILMS THROUGH ITS EXHIBITION PROGRAM THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH FILM FESTIVALS, MUSEUMS, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION HOSTS A WEBSITE TO EDUCATE VISITORS ABOUT THE FOUNDATION'S WORK IN PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION, AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CURRENT NEWS, RESOURCES, AND ARTICLES .
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jennifer Ahn | MANAGING DIRECTOR | 50 | $137,308 |
| Elliot Silverstein | CHAIR, ARTISTS RIGHT COUN | 8 | $24,000 |
| Steven Spielberg | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Redford | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Alexander Payne | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Christopher Nolan | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| George Lucas | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Ang Lee | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Jackson | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Clint Eastwood | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Francis Ford Coppola | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Wes Anderson | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Woody Allen | DIRECTORS | 1 | $0 |
| Betty Thomas | SECRETARY/TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Schlamme | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Martin Scorsese | CHAIR | 15 | $0 |
| Margaret Bodde | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 50 | $0 |
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