ELAINA B. ARCHER
Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
Elaina Archer has a degree in Film History and Criticism from the University of Texas at Austin. She was an art director on feature films before taking a position as a photo editor at New Line Cinema. Elaina then moved on to a marketing position at BMG Music before working for five years at Timeline Films as a producer, writer and co-director, while acting as the manager of the Mary Pickford library. Elaina managed the Mary Pickford Library from 1996 to 2001, where she significantly increased the holdings of the library, and raised funds for and oversaw the restoration of several endangered films. Elaina represented Timeline Films in documentary film program development. She developed and sold six documentary film productions, which she produced, wrote and edited. Included in that line-up of projects are the documentary films: Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu , Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl , In Mary's Shadow: The Story of Jack Pickford, and Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies. Three of the documentaries were produced for Turner Classic Movies and Mr. Hugh M. Hefner, and all were critically acclaimed. Clara Bow won the coveted gold Telly award in 2000, and Marion Davies won the Aurora Award in 2002.
After forming a partnership with Todd Friedrichsen in 2001, Elaina produced, edited, co-wrote and directed the film, Rita, in 2002 for TCM and Mr. Hugh M. Hefner/Playboy Enterprises, Inc. In 2004 she co-produced and co-edited an episode of Deep Sea Detectives for The History Channel entitled Pearl Harbor's Revenge, which was directed by Todd Friedrichsen. Elaina directed, co-wrote, edited and produced Gangland: Bullets Over Hollywood for Starz Encore Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment. She was the producer, director, writer and co-editor on promotional videos for the Jewish Home for the Aging, the Jewish Family Services, the Hollywood Fire Department and the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce. In 2008, Mr. Hugh M. Hefner and Playboy Enterprises executive produced a documentary study for A&F Productions on early film censorship, entitled Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema. For this production, Elaina co-produced, edited, directed and co-wrote the film.
Elaina regularly presents films in the Los Angeles area, and she teaches classes on film history at various locations, including the Annenberg Beach House, OASIS Senior Classes, and the Santa Monica Ocean Park Library.
Elaina collaborates with renowned composer, Maria Newman to acquire silent films for scoring to benefit the Malibu Friends of Music and is the resident film historian at The Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture. She is currently creating promotional videos for the Mailbu Friends of Music, and is in development on a documentary film following Maria Newman as she creates music for a silent film. The film entitled, A Composer’s Journey: The Music of Silent Film presents a parallel study of a silent film being created decades ago, and a composer bringing the film to life with music for a modern audience. Elaina is also in development on several documentary film studies.
REFERENCE LIST:
Leonard Maltin
Kevin Brownlow
Keith Lawrence
Jim Keeshen
Monica Dunahee, OASIS
Johanna Susal, OASIS
ELAINA'S CONTACT INFORMATION:
T: 310-383-7003
E: elainaba@gmail.com
TODD FRIEDRICHSEN
Director, Videographer, Co-Producer, Editor
Todd Friedrichsen started out as an assistant editor, gaffer and machine room technician for Rodney Benn Productions and Another TV Discovery handling all formats of film and video. He has worked as a lighting technician in production and is well-versed in the Avid editing system. Todd co-produced and co-edited RITA with Elaina. He directed, co-produced and co-edited an episode of Deep Sea Detectives for The History Channel entitled Pearl Harbor's Revenge, and he co-produced and co-edited Gangland: Bullets Over Hollywood for Star Encore Entertainment and Alta Loma Pictures. He was the videographer and co-editor on promotional videos for the Jewish Home for the Aging, the Jewish Family Services, the Hollywood Fire Department and the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce. Todd was the co-producer, videographer and co-editor for Why Be Good: Sexuality& Censorship in Early Cinema. Todd owns and operates an HDV camera, complete with lighting and sound package. Todd is currently freelancing as a videographer. He films all concerts for The Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture.
TODD'S CONTACT INFORMATION:
T: 310-292-7313
E: todd1372@gmail.com
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ANASTASIA OLSING
Web & Graphic Designer
T: 310-980-1294
E: anastasia@juxtaweb.com
Portfolio at www.juxtaweb.com
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