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Erik Barnouw (1908–2001)

Autor(a) de Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film

20+ Works 721 Membros 5 Críticas

About the Author

Erik Barnouw, 1908 - 2001 Erik Barnouw was born in 1908 and came from the Netherlands to the United States at the age of 11. He attended Princeton University and after graduating, went on to become a radio writer and a producer. Barnouw began teaching radio writing at Columbia University in 1937. mostrar mais By 1947, he had founded the division of film, radio and television in the University's Arts Program. He worked for CBS for one year beginning in 1939, writing and editing, and editing for NBC from 1942 to 1944. He served as chairman of the division he had created at Columbia until 1968, retiring from the University in 1973. He was a member of the Writers Guild of America and served as it's chair from 1957 to 1959. In 1978, Barnouw went to work for the Library of Congress as a film and television expert, and created it's broadcasting and motion picture division, becoming it's first chief. In 1970, he produced a documentary entitled, "Hiroshima-Nagasaki, August, 1945" about the atomic bombs set off there. He was then commissioned to write a complete history of broadcasting by the Oxford University Press, and it was this masterpiece, consisting of three volumes, "A Tower of Babel," "The Golden Web" and "The Image Empire," which named him an expert in the field of broadcasting. Barnouw retired from the Library of Congress in 1978, yet continued to write, publishing his last volume, "Media Lost and Found" in the January before he died. Erik Barnouw died on July 19, 2001 at the age of 93 mostrar menos

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Séries

Obras por Erik Barnouw

Conglomerates and the Media (1997) 36 exemplares
The Magician and the Cinema (1981) 33 exemplares
Indian film (1980) 24 exemplares

Associated Works

We Americans (1975) — Contribuidor — 415 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

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As a photographer and student in taking documentary course work, this is a really good recourse.
 
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John_Hughel | 1 outra crítica | Jun 23, 2022 |
It's been decades since I used this, but according to my notes I found it very helpful with an investigation into historiography, so it must cover communications very broadly.
 
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aulsmith | Feb 17, 2015 |
An absolutely fascinating look at the earliest days of the broadcasting industry. Much of the focus of the book is on the radio industry, of course, but the earliest incarnations of television are also covered. This is a very detailed look at the people, inventions and events that shaped the industry that still commands tremendous influence today. I first devoured this book, as well as the two sequels "The Golden Web" and "The Image Empire" in 1982, and I was thrilled to find a used copy for a reasonable price in the past week.… (mais)
 
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Michael.Pope | Apr 4, 2013 |
 
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lateinnings | Jun 8, 2010 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
20
Also by
2
Membros
721
Popularidade
#35,210
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
5
ISBN
39
Línguas
2

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