Gene Stavis

Gene Stavis
BornApril 29, 1943
DiedDecember 30, 2013 (aged 70)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesEugene Benumen Stavis
OccupationProfessor
Known forFilm preservation, film archiving, film history, cinephilia, Queer Cinema

Eugene (Gene) Benumen Stavis was an American film archivist, cinephile and gay film pioneer.[1] He was the producer of The Emerald City, the first ever gay-themed cable television show in New York and a storied professor of film at the School of Visual Arts, which named a theater in his honor.[2]


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