Background
Ellis, Jack Clare was born on July 9, 1922 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis Nyle and Anna Louise (Cary) Ellis.
Ellis, Jack Clare was born on July 9, 1922 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Louis Nyle and Anna Louise (Cary) Ellis.
Attended, Wabash College, 1943. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1948. Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1955.
Instructor, English Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1948—1950. Audio-visual specialist Citizenship Education Project, New York City, 1951—1953. Research associate Film Council America, Evanston, Illinois, 1953—1956.
Assistant professor to professor, film Northwestern University, 1956—1991, chairman, department radio-television film, 1980—1985, professor emeritus, since 1991. Visiting assistant professor theatre arts University of California at Los Angeles, 1959—1960. Member & United States delegate United Nations Educational Internat Meeting Teaching Film and television Appreciation, Oslo, Norway, 1962.
Member advisory committee American Council Education, 1964—1966. Visiting associate professor television, motion pictures, radio New York University, 1965—1966. Professor radio, television and film University Texas, Austin, 1972—1973.
Member advisory film panel Illinois Arts Council, 1970—1972. Director National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Seminar on History of Film, 1979—1980. With United States Army, 1943-1946.
Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Federation Film Societies (president, Chairman, Board Of Directors, newsletter editor 1955-1975), Society for Cinema Studies (president, treasurer, councilman 1959).
Married Sue Carrol Scheffler, April. Children from a previous marriage: David Hodges, Cameron Cary.