The Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive is an audiovisual archive located on the campus of

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. Founded as Audio-Visual Services (A-V Services) by Herbert E. Farmer, a former student, the archive was once an important distributor and producer of educational films. In 2007, the archive received a donation from

Hugh Hefner Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of ''Playboy'' magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles. Hefner extended the ''Playboy ...

and was renamed in his honor. In October 2014, archive director Dino Everett premiered the anthology film "Shock Value The Movie: How Dan O'Bannon and Some USC Outsiders Helped Invent Modern Horror" at USC Norris Cinema Theatre, with a panel featuring Alec Lorimore, Terence Winkless, Diane O'Bannon, Mary Burkin, and

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reporter Jason Zinoman, who penned the book Shock Value that inspired the anthology. Everett plans to raise the funds to properly preserve each film in the anthology, which includes films by former USC alumni

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and

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Collections

# Student Films and The Trojan Newsreel # University Film and Video Association Collection # Silent Film Collection # Motion Picture History Booklist # Herbert E. Farmer Technology Collection # The Fred Engelberg Collection # Helen Miller Bailey Travel Film Collection

References

External links

* {{Authority control University of Southern California Film archives in the United States Cinema of Southern California