About me
Devin Orgeron is emeritus professor of film and Media studies at North Carolina State University where he taught and researched for nearly two decades. Along with numerous articles in the field’s leading journals, he is the author of ROAD MOVIES, co-editor of LEARNING WITH THE LIGHTS OFF, and is editor-in-chief of THE MOVING IMAGE: The journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists. Devin and his wife Melissa Dollman co-founded Deserted Films in Palm Springs, California in 2022. A nonprofit home movie archive in the Coachella Valley, Deserted Films cares for and makes available films shot in the area and educates the public on this valuable and often neglected media through public home movie events.