Noted writer and director John Sayles kicks off the Bilmes Visiting Filmmaker series by sharing items of interest he discovered while looking through the archives of fellow maverick directors Orson Welles and Robert Altman.

Researchers from across the globe have been using the Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers collection at the U-M Library since items began arriving more than a decade ago. Books, papers, articles, movies, mapping projects, and semester-long courses are just some of the outcomes that have been generated from this wealth of material.

We'll also recognize the generosity of Joshua Bilmes, who funded these four research and programmatic initiatives for the U-M Library’s Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers collection, which is held within the Special Collection Research Center:

* The Hubert I. Cohen Research Fellowship
* The Bilmes Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers Student Internship
* Open access support for the U-M Press’s Out of the Archives manuscript series
* The Bilmes Visiting Filmmaker Series