Robert Anen, a student in the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Program
Robert Anen, a student in the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Program in the Department of Cinema Studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, has been awarded a $5,000 grant by the Film Noir Foundation (FNF) to support his graduate studies. The grant was announced Saturday, January 28, at NOIR CITY 15 by festival host Eddie Muller. An "acceptance" video by Anen was screened for the San Francisco audience.
FNF was founded to educate the public about the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of film noir as an original American cinematic movement. Its Nancy Mysel Legacy Grant was created to honor the memory and work of Nancy Mysel, film preservationist for the UCLA Film & Television Archive, who supervised FNF's restorations of The Prowler (1951) and Cry Danger (1951). Funded by the Mysel family, the grant supports undergraduate or graduate education in film restoration, preservation, and/or moving image archive studies.
As a student in the two-year NYU MIAP program, Anen has completed internships at Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies, Indiana University's Moving Image Archive, and NYU's Bobst Library, where he supported a collaborative project between the Internet Archive, MIAP, and NYU Libraries. Anen's discovery of rare footage during his Indiana University internship was featured in The New York Times ("A Lost Snippet of Film History, Found in a Home Movie Shot in 1964," James Barron, 30 Oct 2016).
Anen's love of cinema and dedication to archival and preservation studies make him a deserving recipient of the Film Noir Foundation's Nancy Mysel Legacy Grant. Congratulations to Rob!