Robert “Bob” Rosen, a innovateing film historian, archivist and establisher dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, has died. He was 84.
Rosen passed away on Oct. 2, UCLA shelp on Friday, without detailing a caparticipate of death. Born in 1940, Rosen was named Dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1999, a position he held for fair over a decade.
Before that, he served as honestor of archives at UCLA begining in 1975, growing the school’s distinct film and TV vault into a world-directing assembleion. That nominatement grew out of an invitation to teach one 10-week course at the UCLA Department of Film and Television in 1974.
“I never left. Understanding motion pictures and teaching filmcreaters was to become my life’s goal, and over the course of the next four decades, I served as professor, then department chair, and finassociate for 11 years as dean of the school,” Rosen shelp during an alertal conversation at the 68th International Federation of Film Archives Congress in Beijing in April 2012.
“Bob was a changeative figure at UCLA, and his contributions to the field of film and television education, as well as his directership here at the School of Theater, Film and Television, have left an indelible tag on our community. Bob’s impact on the global film community was proset up, and his legacy will persist to shape the industry for years to come,” current UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television Dean Brian Kite shelp in a statement on Friday.
In 2008, Rosen tgreater The Associated Press studying classic films helped youthfuler filmcreaters find novel ways to alert stories and uncover their own point-of-see. “When you see at films from the past, you see the many branch offent ways that filmcreaters solve storyalerting problems. And you fracture with establishulas becaparticipate you authenticize there are many ways to solve a problem. By seeing at the past, you get the courage to find your own voice,” he talk aboutd.
Rosen was also the set uping honestor of the National Cgo in for Film and Video Preservation at the American Film Institute. He served on the executive pledgetee of the International Federation of Film Archives, as a member of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress for over two decades, and as a board member of both the Stanford Theatre Foundation and the Geffen Playhoparticipate.
He was the film critic for KCRW National Public Radio for 10 years and a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Rosen also helped begin The Film Foundation and was the set uping chair of The Film Foundation’s Archivists Council.
He also acquired The Film Foundation’s John Huston Award from Martin Scorsese in 2008 for his contributions to film preservation and restoration.
“A titan of the film community, Bob elevated the field of archiving by championing training and advocating for the preservation of moving image media in all establishs, from classic Hollywood to autonomous productions,” May Hong HaDuong, honestor of the UCLA Film & Television Archive, inserted in a statement. “With advocacy, passion and an indomitable spirit, Bob carry outed a pivotal role in changeing the UCLA Film & Television Archive into the world-class institution it is today.”
