Jeffrey Vance (born May 21, 1970) is an American film historian and author who has published books on movie stars including Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.
Career
While working as an archivist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists he met Eleanor Keaton, Buster Keaton's widow, and began organizing her collection of photographs, leading to the illustrated biography Buster Keaton Remembered (2001).[1] He later served as archivist for the Chaplin family's Roy Export S.A.S.,[2] The Harold Lloyd Trust, and the Mary Pickford Foundation [3] where he helped preserve both film and photographs from these important collections. As a producer, he packaged the Harold Lloyd Classic Comedies for Turner Classic Movies, later released to home video. As a filmmaker, he produced and directed the short film Rediscovering John Gilbert (2010) which aired on cable television as well as released to home video.[4]
Publications
Buster Keaton Remembered (Harry N. Abrams, 2001)[5]
Harold Lloyd: Master Comedian (Harry N. Abrams, 2002)[6]
Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema (Harry N. Abrams, 2003),[7]
Douglas Fairbanks (UC Press/Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2008)[8]
A Star Is Born: Judy Garland and the Film That Got Away (TCM/Running Press, 2018)[9]
^Luft, Lorna; Vance, Jeffrey (September 18, 2018). A STAR IS BORN. Philadelphia: Running Press. p. 248. ISBN9780762464807. Retrieved September 30, 2018.