Biography
Jessica Niebel is Exhibitions Curator at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures where she has curated the opening exhibitions “Hayao Miyazaki,” “Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection,” and the upcoming exhibitions “Shifting Perspectives: Vertical Cinema” and the Getty Foundation’s PST: Art x Science project “Color in Motion.” Previously, Jessica served as curator at DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt. She holds a Master’s in media science, film, and English literature from the Philippe-University, Marburg, and studied media production at the University of Southern Queensland.
Sophia Serrano is an assistant curator at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures where she has curated the exhibitions including “The Art of Moviemaking: The Godfather,” and “Significant Movies and Moviemakers: Real Women Have Curves.” and the upcoming the Getty Foundation’s PST: Art x Science project “Color in Motion.” She previously served as a research assistant for the AMPAS project “From Latin America to Hollywood: Latino Film Culture in Los Angeles,” and was a research assistant at the Getty Research Institute. She holds a Bachelor’s in cinema and media studies from the University of Chicago and a PhD in media and cinema studies from USC School of Cinematic Arts.