Senior Curator, Moving Image Department, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York; Director, The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation. Adjunct Professor of Film, University of Rochester.
Co-founder (1982), Pordenone Silent Film Festival; co-founder (1996),
The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation; founder (2015), The Nitrate Picture Show.
Author of books and essays on film curatorship, silent cinema, film preservation and digital culture. Editor of film periodical "Segnocinema".