About me
Director of Premium Archival Services for Iron Mountain Media and Archive Services, Hillary Howell, brings an extensive background managing all the aspects of studio and production company collections along with her experience as an entertainment archivist. At Iron Mountain Media and Archive Services, Howell has worked with diverse clients and archives on a number of initiatives including digitization, relocation and creation of collections management policy. While obtaining a Master’s degree in Moving Image Archive Studies from UCLA, Howell interned for the Women in Film Foundation and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Archive which further deepened her passion for archiving in entertainment. Howell’s curated diverse collections of media assets as well as props, costumes, photography and ephemera through her work with New Line Cinema, The Jim Henson Company, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, NBCUniversal and Lionsgate Entertainment. Career highlights include discovering and restoring a Jim Henson animated short called “Alexander the Grape” from a mix of found audio recordings, animated scene trims and storyboards, restoring serial killer props from “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” for display in the Bruckheimer offices; and preserving the John Wick films that can now be enjoyed by future generations.
