Todd Wiener began his career with the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2000 and has been its motion picture archivist for more than 14 years. As part of the Archive’s Motion Picture Department, Wiener researches and supervises the acquisition of new materials for the Archive and oversees more than 600 programmatic archival loans annually to film festivals, museums and other venues worldwide. He provides curatorial and administrative support for the archive’s motion picture donors and depositors in addition to important archival preservation partners such as the Directors Guild of America, The Film Foundation, Film Noir Foundation, Outfest, and the Sundance Institute. He serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project, Film Noir Foundation, and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
In-House Film Preservation Allows a Curatorial Shift to Hidden Stories
“Given our current political climate and the escalating assaults on the basic human rights of people from many walks of life, especially trans people of color, it is imperative that archivists and curators utilize their institutional privilege and resources to develop increased access streams to the hidden stories of our underserved and under-protected communities.” UCLA’s Todd Wiener on the power of preservation in sharing stories of marginalized people.