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David Shepard

1940 – 2017

American film preservationist

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About David Shepard

Lived 1940 – 2017 (aged 76). David Shepard was an American restorer.

David Haspel Shepard (October 22, 1940 – January 31, 2017) was an American film preservationist whose company, Film Preservation Associates, is responsible for many high-quality video versions of silent films. Some come from the Blackhawk Films library (owned by Shepard)

Affiliates Film Preservation Associates, Serge Bromberg (Lobster Films) Film Preservation Associates, Benjamin Scott Baker (Assistant to Producer)

Partial list of restored films

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) A Farewell to Arms (1932) A Woman of Paris (1923) Aelita (1924) The Affairs of Anatol (1921) America (1924) Atlantis (1913) Destiny (1921) The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1914) The Birth of a Nation (1915) The Black Pirate (1926) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Carmen (1915) The Cat and the Canary (1927) The Cheat (1915) City Lights (1931) Cobra (1925) Convict 13 (1920) The Coward (1915) Destiny (1921) Don Q Son of Zorro (1925) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) Earth (1930) The Emperor Jones (1933) Faces of Children (1925) Faust (1926) Foolish Wives (1922) Flirting With Fate (1916) The Gaucho (1927) The General (1926) Go West (1925) The Gold Rush (1925) The Great Train Robbery (1903) His New Job (1915) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) The Indian Tomb (1921) Intolerance (1916) The Italian (1915) J'accuse (1919) Kean (1924) The Kid (1921) A King in New York (1957) The Last Laugh (1924) Leaves from Satan's Book (1921) Long Pants (1927) The Lost World (1925), restored version released April 6, 2001 The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927) Male and Female (1919) Man With a Movie Camera (1929) The Mark of Zorro (1920) The Marriage Circle (1924) The Married Virgin (1918) (1916) Meet John Doe (1941) Modern Times (1936) The Mollycoddle (1920) Monte Cristo (1922) Moods of the Sea (1941) Nanook of the North (1922) The Navigator (1924) The Non-Stop Kid (1918) Nosferatu (1922), restored version released January 2, 2001 Oliver Twist (1922) Orphans of the Storm (1921) Our Daily Bread (1934) Outside the Law (1920) The Phantom of the Opera (1925) The Pilgrim (1923) Prison Train (1938) Regeneration (1915) Robin Hood (1922) La Roue (1923) Sally of the Sawdust (1925) Salome (1923) Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) Shadows (1922) The Sheik (1921) Siegfried (1924) Sherlock Jr. (1924) The Sin of Nora Moran (1933) The Son of the Sheik (1926) Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) Storm Over Asia (1928) Strike (1925) The Strong Man (1926) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Tempest (1928) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) The Thief of Bagdad (1924) The Three Musketeers (1921) Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) Tol'able David (1921) Traffic in Souls (1913) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926) True Heart Susie (1919) Twenty Minutes of Love (1914) Les Vampires (1915) The Volga Boatman (1926) Within Our Gates (1920)

Awards Year Award Category Result 1989 International Documentary Association Preservation and Scholarship Award 1999 Saturn Award The President's Memorial Award 2000 San Francisco International Film Festival Mel Novikoff Award 2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Special Citation 2006 National Society of Film Critics Special Award 2011 Denver Silent Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award

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Important facts

Birth century
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Restorer
Nationality
Education
Hamilton College
Awards
Jean Mitry Award
Also known as
David Haspel Shepard

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Frequently asked questions

Who was David Shepard?

American film preservationist

When was David Shepard born?

David Shepard was born on 22 October 1940 in New York City.

When did David Shepard die?

David Shepard died on 31 January 2017 in Medford.

What was David Shepard's occupation?

David Shepard was a restorer.

What nationality was David Shepard?

David Shepard was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: David Shepard

· Wikidata: Q5239719

· DBpedia: David Shepard (film preservationist)

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