Papers relating to the film industry (particularly in Australia) collected by John Baxter, comprising typescript film scenarios and related materials such as posters, brochures and programmes, as well as books written by Baxter.
Baxter John
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- ReferenceGB 96 MS 973
- Dates of Creationc1933-c1991
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description8 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Baxter was born in Australia in 1939. He has written extensively on the cinema, producing biographies of Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Luis Bunel, Steven Spielberg, Frederico Fellini, Josef von Sternberg and George Lucas. He lived for a time in Los Angeles, where he was a film journalist and wrote screenplays. Baxter is also known for writing and commentating on science fiction. He has lived in Paris since 1989.
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Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, University of London, in 1995.
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Collection level description. A box list has also been compiled for this deposit.
Archivist's Note
Originally compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
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