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Oddball Film+Video
IndustryStock footage/media post-production
FounderStephen Parr
HeadquartersSan Francisco, US
ServicesStock footage licensing and research services
Websiteoddballfilms.com

Oddball Film+Video or Oddball Films is a stock footage company based in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1984 by Stephen Parr, an archivist, imagemaker and writer. He was the director of Oddball Film+Video until his death in 2017.

Background

Part of the interior of the archive. The wall displays part of a "17 Reasons Why" sign that used to be on top of a building in the Mission.

Oddball Film+Video has provided stock footage for feature films such as Milk, documentaries like Ballets Russes and The Weather Underground, television programs like Mythbusters, websites such as Boing Boing, and web projects around the world. Oddball Film+Video’s holdings consist of over 50,000 archival and contemporary 35mm, 16mm and HD media elements, many digitized for immediate online distribution.

For several years, Oddball Films hosted weekly public events where it presented rarely-screened genres of cinema, avant-garde films, and ethno-cultural documentaries.

Business

Oddball’s international client list includes ABC News, The American Experience, BBC Television, Canal+, Discovery Channel, MTV, Nokia, NBC Universal, Walt Disney Pictures and Yahoo.

References

  1. "Oddball Films On Preserving History, Embracing The Weird, And Its Very Bright Future". Bob Cut Magazine. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  2. Andrea James (2017-11-04). "RIP Stephen Parr, Oddball Films' eccentric archivist". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  3. De Brito, Deia (May 29, 2010). "HISTORY: 17 Reasons Remembered". Mission Local. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  4. Ikard, Theresa , “Oddball Films: Erotic, Eclectic and Unusual”, CarnalNation, September 4, 2009,
  5. Jardin, Xeni (2009-05-28). "BB Video: BIG YANK, a Weird '70s Jeans Ad (Oddball Film)". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  6. McMurtrie, John (2005-03-16). "A rare screening reveals the hidden Dr. Seuss". SFGATE. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  7. Wenus, Laura (2017-10-27). "With death of Stephen Parr, SF Mission loses the archivist behind Oddball films". Mission Local. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  8. "Oddball Films: San Francisco's Archive for Extraordinary Cinema". 7x7 Bay Area. 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2022-02-19.

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