Services for W. Lee Atwell, Jr. 49, of Houston, were held June ll, 1991 at the First Christian Church with burial in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.
Mr. Atwell was employed by Southwest Film and Video Archives. He had lived in Houston for one year and was formerly from California and Lufkin. He was a teacher and an archivist. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Lufkin
He graduated from Lufkin High School in 1959 and the University of Southern California at Los Angeles with a BA degree in liberal arts, where he graduated magna cum laude.
He received his MA degree in film history in 1966 from the University of California at Los Angeles in theater arts.
He was a member of the following honorary fraternities at the University of Southern California: Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. He participated in high school dramatic club, where he acted and directed. He also acted in studen films at the University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles.
He was employed as a senior research cataloguer at the American Film Institute Catalog in Washington D.C.. He had been employed as assistant to Dean Grant Befglarian at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Southern California. He was an assistant to special projects officer for the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood, Calif, and an archivist at Southwest Film/Video Archives.
He had taught at San Francisco State University as a lecturer in film appreciation, at Kilburn Polytechnic in London, England where he taught a course in film genres for middle and upper level students and he taught at the London International Film School and conducted a seminar in French new wave directors. He had lectured at the San Diego Museum of Art on "The Cowboy in Film, and the French director, Agnes Varda.
Survivors: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Atwell, Sr.; brothers, James Atwell, Tommy Atwell and David Atwell
Gipson Funeral Home, directors.
Mr. Atwell was employed by Southwest Film and Video Archives. He had lived in Houston for one year and was formerly from California and Lufkin. He was a teacher and an archivist. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Lufkin
He graduated from Lufkin High School in 1959 and the University of Southern California at Los Angeles with a BA degree in liberal arts, where he graduated magna cum laude.
He received his MA degree in film history in 1966 from the University of California at Los Angeles in theater arts.
He was a member of the following honorary fraternities at the University of Southern California: Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. He participated in high school dramatic club, where he acted and directed. He also acted in studen films at the University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles.
He was employed as a senior research cataloguer at the American Film Institute Catalog in Washington D.C.. He had been employed as assistant to Dean Grant Befglarian at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Southern California. He was an assistant to special projects officer for the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood, Calif, and an archivist at Southwest Film/Video Archives.
He had taught at San Francisco State University as a lecturer in film appreciation, at Kilburn Polytechnic in London, England where he taught a course in film genres for middle and upper level students and he taught at the London International Film School and conducted a seminar in French new wave directors. He had lectured at the San Diego Museum of Art on "The Cowboy in Film, and the French director, Agnes Varda.
Survivors: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Atwell, Sr.; brothers, James Atwell, Tommy Atwell and David Atwell
Gipson Funeral Home, directors.
Services for W. Lee Atwell, Jr. 49, of Houston, were held June ll, 1991 at the First Christian Church with burial in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.
Mr. Atwell was employed by Southwest Film and Video Archives. He had lived in Houston for one year and was formerly from California and Lufkin. He was a teacher and an archivist. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Lufkin
He graduated from Lufkin High School in 1959 and the University of Southern California at Los Angeles with a BA degree in liberal arts, where he graduated magna cum laude.
He received his MA degree in film history in 1966 from the University of California at Los Angeles in theater arts.
He was a member of the following honorary fraternities at the University of Southern California: Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. He participated in high school dramatic club, where he acted and directed. He also acted in studen films at the University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles.
He was employed as a senior research cataloguer at the American Film Institute Catalog in Washington D.C.. He had been employed as assistant to Dean Grant Befglarian at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Southern California. He was an assistant to special projects officer for the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood, Calif, and an archivist at Southwest Film/Video Archives.
He had taught at San Francisco State University as a lecturer in film appreciation, at Kilburn Polytechnic in London, England where he taught a course in film genres for middle and upper level students and he taught at the London International Film School and conducted a seminar in French new wave directors. He had lectured at the San Diego Museum of Art on "The Cowboy in Film, and the French director, Agnes Varda.
Survivors: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Atwell, Sr.; brothers, James Atwell, Tommy Atwell and David Atwell
Gipson Funeral Home, directors.
Mr. Atwell was employed by Southwest Film and Video Archives. He had lived in Houston for one year and was formerly from California and Lufkin. He was a teacher and an archivist. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Lufkin
He graduated from Lufkin High School in 1959 and the University of Southern California at Los Angeles with a BA degree in liberal arts, where he graduated magna cum laude.
He received his MA degree in film history in 1966 from the University of California at Los Angeles in theater arts.
He was a member of the following honorary fraternities at the University of Southern California: Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. He participated in high school dramatic club, where he acted and directed. He also acted in studen films at the University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles.
He was employed as a senior research cataloguer at the American Film Institute Catalog in Washington D.C.. He had been employed as assistant to Dean Grant Befglarian at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Southern California. He was an assistant to special projects officer for the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood, Calif, and an archivist at Southwest Film/Video Archives.
He had taught at San Francisco State University as a lecturer in film appreciation, at Kilburn Polytechnic in London, England where he taught a course in film genres for middle and upper level students and he taught at the London International Film School and conducted a seminar in French new wave directors. He had lectured at the San Diego Museum of Art on "The Cowboy in Film, and the French director, Agnes Varda.
Survivors: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Atwell, Sr.; brothers, James Atwell, Tommy Atwell and David Atwell
Gipson Funeral Home, directors.
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