2011 Kodak Fellowship in Film Preservation Awarded
To Benedict Salazar Olgado
Fellowship Includes Cash Scholarship And Internship
Kodak has awarded the 2011 Kodak Fellowship in Film Preservation to Benedict Salazar Olgado, a graduate student at NYU and an active member of both the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (SOFIA) and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). The award program was established 12 years ago to foster and support the next generation of preservationists and archivists in the film industry. The 11 previous recipients of the fellowship are all professionals in the field, working at prestigious, industry-leading institutions such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the Library of Congress.
As this year’s recipient of the fellowship, Olgado will attend a four-week summer internship next year, and receive a cash scholarship from Kodak. The internship will be organized by a Kodak company called PRO-TEK, which operates renowned film and video preservation vaults across the globe, and provides inspection and restoration management consultation services for some of the world’s largest film archives. The four-week program comprises training at PRO-TEK and Chace Audio by Deluxe, and a comprehensive course of hands-on digital film transfer work at FotoKem’s digital and photochemical lab. Olgado’s cash scholarship will be administered by the Association of Moving Image Archivists.
A native of the Philippines, Olgado earned his bachelor’s degree at Ateneo de Manila University where he studied communications and social sciences before pursuing his graduate degree at New York University. He will complete his master’s program in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in May of 2012. “I am extremely grateful for this award,” says Olgado. “This recognition affirms and strengthens my dedication as a budding audio-visual archivist.” Olgado’s long-term goal is to become an active part of the international preservation community, and to work to protect and maintain important works all over the world. “I’m looking forward to developing my skills this summer,” he says, “and am honored to belong to a roster of individuals who have gone on to become key players in the field.”
Olgado has already gained significant experience at the Southeast Asia Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association, where he works as a senior administrator. He simultaneously did film programming in Southeast Asia and worked on projects with UNESCO. Olgado has also done digital film transfer work in the mixed media collections of Appalshop, and worked on the Maya Deren collection at the Anthology Film Archives.
PRO-TEK’s Vice President Rick Utley says that the internship portion of the Kodak Fellowship in Film Preservation was designed “to augment the education that future preservationists and archivists receive.” Utley says that recipients of the fellowship “gain exposure to the industry, hands-on experience and the opportunity to meet many people in a thriving and passionate community.”
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