Luis M. Meza Papers
Scope and Content
The collection consists of papers related to The Staccato Purr of the Exhaust (1996). There are also papers related to an apparently unproduced student project at UCLA.
Dates
- Creation: 1986-1997
Creator
- Meza, Luis M. (Person)
Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library and Archive for paging information.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biography
Born in Mexico, Luis Meza came to the U.S. as a young boy and grew up in the Highland Park district of Los Angeles. Meza attended Loyola Marymount University, majoring in Communication Arts where he made his first narrative short film, Who Gets to Water the Grass? After working at entry level jobs in the film industry, he attended UCLA in the Master's program for Film and Television writing. He participated in the Walt Disney Writer's Fellowship, during which he wrote and developed material with executives at Hollywood Pictures and was also invited to the Sundance Institute as a screenwriting fellow. Meza's feature film, which he wrote and directed, The Staccato Purr of the Exhaust, was selected by the Sundance Film Festival in 1996.
Extent
1.2 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection consists of papers related to two films by filmmaker Luis Meza, the short Who Gets to Water the Grass? (1986) and his feature film The Staccato Purr of the Exhaust (1996). Various work prints, Beta tapes, VHS tapes, final film prints and screening cassettes are also a part of the collection.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Luis M. Meza, 2006. Deed of gift on file at the CSRC archive office.
Separated Materials note
The contents of Boxes 3 and 4, consisting of film elements and videotapes of Meza's films, are housed at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Luis M. Meza Papers 1986-1997 CSRC.0040
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Processed by CSRC. Data cleanup by Doug Johnson, September 2017.
- Date
- ©2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- The finding aid is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Chicano Studies Research Center Library Repository
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