# Rick Prelinger

> Rick Prelinger is an American archivist, writer, and filmmaker. He is also professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Prelinger is best known as the founder of the Prelinger Archives, a collection of 60,000 advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films acquired by the Library of Congress in 2002 after 20 years' operation.

*American archivist, writer and filmmaker (born 1953)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rick-prelinger

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1953
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 8.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1150553/ (@nm1150553)

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2579903)
- [Rick Prelinger](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/996491)

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