http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j968ks No online items Finding Aid for the Buzz Kulik papers, 1942-1994 Finding aid prepared by Alessandra Amin, April 2014; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575 (310) 825-4988 [email protected] ©2014 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Buzz Kulik 1867 1 papers, 1942-1994 Title: Buzz Kulik papers Collection number: 1867 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 35 linear ft.(51 record cartons, 16 oversize boxes) Date (bulk): Bulk, 1950-1992 Date (inclusive): 1942-1994 Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language of Materials: Materials are primarily in English, with some materials in Italian, German, Spanish, French, Japanese and Farsi. Abstract: Buzz Kulik was born Seymour Kulik in Kearny, NJ in 1922. He was an American film and television director. This collection comprises a wide variety of documents and objects related to Buzz Kulik's prolific career. The majority of these items relate to films, television shows, and miniseries directed or produced by Kulik between 1950 and 1992. Additionally, the collection includes documents related to film or television projects conceived by or pitched to Kulik that never ultimately came to fruition. Finally, the collection contains a variety of personal ephemera with no direct connection to specific projects. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Buzz Kulik Papers (Collection 1867). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 7356557 Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Glen Kulik and Jennifer Kulik Perez, 2010. Processing Information Processed by Alessandra Amin in 2014 in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) with assistance from Jasmine Jones. The processing of this collection was generously supported by Arcadia. Biography/History Buzz Kulik was born Seymour Kulik in Kearny, NJ in 1922. He was an American film and television director. After serving in the US Army during World War II, Kulik took a job in the mailroom of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency, where he saw a call for directors in the burgeoning field of TV commercials. He applied and moved up in the company, where he directed commercials for several years before moving on to direct cameras in Yankee Stadium in 1947. He then took his talent to larger projects, directing numerous TV programs during what is termed "the Golden Age of television" (ranging approximately from the late 1940s until the early 1960s). Kulik directed episodes of such critically acclaimed series as Playhouse 90 (1956-60) and The Twilight Zone (1960-63) before moving on to direct major motion pictures such as Riot (1969(. Kulik's most notable success came in the genre of made-for-TV movies, which emerged in the late 1960s; Kulik's Brian's Song (1971) was one of the most popular telefilms ever made, and was the first of its kind to be released on the big screen after premiering on television. Kulik also directed a number of TV miniseries, including the very first of the genre, Vanished (1970), and the popular George Washington (1984) which was nominated for 6 Emmy awards. Common themes in Kulik's work include American war stories (including From Here to Eternity, Campo 44, Women of Valor, Too Young the Hero), true crime (including Kill Me If You Can, The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case) and American sports heroes (including Babe, Brian's Song). Finding Aid for the Buzz Kulik 1867 2 papers, 1942-1994 Kulik's corpus includes 74 directing and producing credits, and the prolific director continued to work on both TV and film until his death of heart failure in 1999. Scope and Content This collection comprises a wide variety of documents and objects related to Buzz Kulik's prolific career. The majority of these items relate to films, television shows, and miniseries directed or produced by Kulik between 1950 and 1992. Such items include production reports, background research, casting scripts, musical scores, publicity materials, and photographs, including several of notable actors Susan Sarandon, Sandra Bullock and Alan Alda. They also include oversize materials such as blueprints and set plans, film clappers, bound musical scores, scrapbooks and awards. Additionally, the collection includes documents related to film and television projects conceived by or pitched to Kulik that never ultimately came to fruition, including scripts, correspondence, and proposed budgets. Finally, the collection contains a variety of personal ephemera with no direct connection to specific projects, including correspondence with friends and family, personal photographs, and press clippings about Kulik, as well as legal documents, contracts and resumes both sent and received by Kulik, documents related to seminars and presentations given by Kulik, and documents related to the Screen Director's Guild and the Writer's Guild of America. Subjects and Indexing Terms Kulik, Buzz--Archives. Television producers and directors--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources. Series 1: Films. 1967-1992. Organization and Arrangement Folders are arranged in alphabetical order according to the title of the film with which they are associated. Scope and Content This series consists of items related to films directed and produced by Buzz Kulik, including both big-screen feature films and made-for-TV movies. It includes production reports, background research, contact sheets for cast and crew, casting notes, plot synopses, correspondence, film reviews, budget information, scripts, musical scores and cassettes, publicity material, and photographs. The series is also comprised of oversized documents and objects such as floor plans and blueprints, the film clapper from Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women and framed photographs, including one of Sandra Bullock in Lucky Chances and another of Susan Sarandon in Women of Valor. Box 1, Folder 1 Film: Babe. 1974-1975. Box 1, Folders 2-5 Film: Babe. 1975. Box 2, Folder 1 Film: Babe. 1975. Box 52, Folder 1 Film: Babe. 1975. Box 60 Film: Babe- Nomination Award. 1975. Box 2, Folders 2-3 Film: Bad Ronald. 1974. Box 2, Folders 4-5 Film: Brian's Song. 1971-1972. Box 3, Folders 1-2 Film: Brian's Song. 1971-1972. Box 52, Folder 2 Film: Brian's Song. 1971. Box 3, Folders 3-6 Film: Cage Without a Key. 1974. Box 4, Folder 1 Film: Cage Without a Key. 1974. Box 4, Folders 2-3 Film: Campo 44. 1964. Box 4, Folders 4-6 Film: Corey, For the People. 1977. Box 5, Folders 1-4 Film: Corey, For the People. 1977. Box 52, Folder 3 Film: Corey, For the People. 1977. Box 5, Folders 5-7 Film: To Find a Man. 1971. Box 52, Folder 4 Film: To Find a Man. 1972. Box 62 Film: To Find a Man- Framed Negatives. circa 1972. Box 6, Folders 1-2 Film: Give Me Liberty. 1974. Box 6, Folders 3-4 Film: Her Secret Life. 1987. Box 6, Folders 5-6 Film: The Hunter. 1979. Box 7, Folders 1-4 Film: The Hunter. 1979. Finding Aid for the Buzz Kulik 1867 3 papers, 1942-1994 Series 1: Films. 1967-1992. Box 53, Folder 1 Film: The Hunter. 1980. Box 7, Folder 5 Film: Kill Me If You Can. 1976. Box 8, Folders 1-3 Film: Kill Me If You Can. 1976. Box 8, Folder 4 Film: Kill Me If You Can. 1976-1978. Box 8, Folder 5 Film: Kill Me If You Can. 1977. Box 9, Folders 1-2 Film: Kill Me If You Can. 1977. Box 9, Folder 3 Film: Kill Me If You Can. 1976-1977. Box 9, Folder 4 Film: Kill Me If You Can. 1976. Box 10, Folder 1 Film: Kill Me If You Can. 1976. Box 53, Folder 2 Film: Kill Me If You Can. 1977. Box 10, Folder 2 Film: Kings of Broadway. 1962. Box 10, Film: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case. 1975. Folders 3-5 Box 53, Folder 3 Film: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case. 1976. Box 11, Film: Lucky Chances. 1990. Folders 1-4 Box 53, Folder 4 Film: Lucky Chances. 1990. Box 62 Film: Lucky Chances- Framed Photograph. circa 1990. Box 12, Film: The Man Who Came to Dinner. 1972. Folders 1-3 Box 54, Folder 1 Film: The Man Who Came to Dinner. 1972. Box 12, Folder 4 Film: A Man Whose Name Was John. 1973. Box 54, Folder 2 Film: A Man Whose Name Was John. 1973. Box 12, Film: Miles from Nowhere. 1991. Folders 5-6 Box 13, Folder 1 Film: My Sweet Charlie. 1966. Box 13, Folder 2 Film: My Sweet Charlie. 1965. Box 13, Folder 3 Film: My Sweet Charlie. 1965-1966. Box 13, Folder 4 Film: My Sweet Charlie. 1965-1966. Box 13, Film: My Sweet Charlie. 1966. Folders 5-6 Box 14, Film: Pioneer Woman. 1973. Folders 1-2 Box 14, Film: Rage of Angels. 1982-1983. Folders 3-4 Box 14, Folder 5 Film: Remember When.