SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION CITYAND COUNTYOF SAN FRANCISCO M ARK DWIGHT, PRESIDENT EDWIN M. LEE, M AYOR REGINA D ICK-E NDRIZZI, D IRECTOR Legacy Business Registry Staff Report HEARING DATE OCTOBER 24, 2016 ODDBALL FILMS Application No.: LBR-2016-17-007 Business Name: Oddball Films Business Address: 275 Capp Street District: District 9 Applicant: Stephen Parr, Director Nomination Date: August 15, 2016 Nominated By: Supervisor David Campos Staff Contact: Richard Kurylo
[email protected] BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Oddball Films is a stock footage licensing company in the Mission District on Capp Street between 16th Street and 17th Street that has served as an archival and teaching facility focusing on film collection and film preservation. Stephen Parr, the owner, has been a collector of rare and unusual historical films since 1984 and officially registered the business in 1994 after gaining a following of film industry clients seeking unique and rare footage to use. Oddball Films has worked with many renowned, innovative, and pioneer filmmakers and film professionals often seeking footage to use for films based on telling the stories and histories of underrepresented groups. The business has grown in its library and archive collection and has become a “service hub” for award- winning filmmakers in San Francisco. Oddball Films also offers a film and media intern training program that teaches students about archiving and film preservation and, for the past ten years, has offered public screenings, seminars, classes, and benefits. CRITERION 1: Has the applicant has operated in SF for 30 or more years, with no break in SF operations exceeding two years? No, the applicant has not operated in San Francisco for 30 or more years.