Fielding, Raymond

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FIELDING, Raymond

FIELDING, Raymond. American, b. 1931. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Film. Career: Dean, School of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1990-. Lecturer, 1957-61, Assistant Professor, 1961-65, and Associate Professor, 1965-66, University of California at Los Angeles; Associate Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1966-69; Professor of Communications, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1969-78; Professor, 1978-90, and Director of the School of Communications, 1985-90, University of Houston. Trustee, University Film Foundation, 1981-. Fellow, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, 1976-. Member, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1981-. President, University Film Association, 1967-68, and Society for Cinema Studies, 1972-74; awarded the Eastman Kodak Gold Medal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, 1991. "From Newsreels to Televison News," TV series, senior consultant, 1997. Publications: The Honorable Mountain (screenplay), 1956; The Technique of Special Effects Cinematography, 1965, 4th ed., 1985; (ed.) A Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television, 1967; The American Newsreel, 1911-67, 1972, screenplays, 1975, 1978; The March of Time 1935-1951, 1978. Address: School of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2350, U.S.A. Online address: fielding@earthlink.net

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