HORAK, Jan-Christopher

HORAK, Jan-Christopher. American (born Germany), b. 1951. Genres: Film. Career: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, senior curator, 1984-94; Munich Film Museum, Germany, director, 1994-98. University of Rochester, professor of English, 1985-94; Hochschule Fernsehen/Film, lecturer in film, 1995-98; Universal Studios, director, Archives & Collections, 1998-2000; University of California, Los Angeles, professor of critical studies, 1999-; Hollywood Entertainment Museum, curator, 2000-. Consultant to International Design Center, Edgar Reitz Films, and U.S. Information Agency. Publications: IN ENGLISH: (trans. from German) U. Eskildsen, Helmar Lerski: Metamorphosis through Light, 1983; The Dream Merchants: Making and Selling Films in Hollywood's Golden Age, 1989; Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-Garde, 1919-1945, 1995; Making Images Move: Photographers and Avant-Garde Cinema, 1996. EDITOR: (with H.-J. Wulff and K.-D. Moeller) Bibliography of Film Bibliographies/Bibliographie der Filmbibliographien, 1987. IN GERMAN: (ed. with U. Eskildsen) Film und Foto der zwanziger Jahre, 1979; (with U. Eskildsen) Helmar Lerski: Lichtbildner, Fotographien und Filme, 1910-1947, 1982; Fluchtpunkt Hollywood: Eine Dokumentation zur Filmemigration nach 1933, 1984, rev. ed., 1986; Anti Nazi Filme der deutschsprachigen Emigration von Hollywood, 1984; Berge, Licht und Traum Dr. Arnold Fanck und der deutsche Bergfilm, 1998. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals and anthologies. Address: 545 Sierra Vista Ave, Pasadena, CA 91107, U.S.A. Online address: c.horak@hollywoodmuseum.com