Kirk McDowell

Biography

Kirk McDowell is a film archivist interested in short-lived and experimental amateur film systems. As Assistant Collection Manager in the Moving Image Department of the George Eastman Museum, he helps care for over 100,000 reels in the archive’s collection, facilitates donations, handles nitrate and safety shipments and teaches small-gauge film inspection. He is a 2018 graduate of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation and has previously held positions at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.