James Vincent D'Arc was born in Los Angeles, California on August 7, 1950. In the early 1970s, D'Arc was accepted into Brigham Young University, where he majored in history. A film appreciation class taught by Dr. Charles M. Metten in 1973 motivated D’Arc to receive a PhD in film history from BYU in 1986. During his time as a student, he was also hired in what was then called the "Archives and Manuscripts Division” at BYU, where he began gathering film-related materials for the Archives. During 1990 D'Arc was also employed as a professor of film in BYU's Theatre and Media Arts College in addition to his position as a curator. James D'Arc retired from BYU in August 2017.

Ruth Shinsel was born Vernal Ruth Pate on March 6, 1906, in Goshen, Idaho. She married William Sherman Shinsel on June 19, 1925. She was an author known for her book, "The Sign and the Sword," about Abraham Lincoln. She was also a research specialist for "The Ten Commandments." Ruth helped establish BYU Motion Picture Studios, where she worked for several years as a writer and researcher. Ruth died November 6, 1978, in Saint George, Utah.

Hyrum L. Andrus was born March 12, 1924, in Lewisville, Idaho, to Newton Leslie Andrus and Zina Alberta Allen. Hyrum married Helen Mae Hillman on March 31, 1949. He received his doctorate in Political Science, History, and American Citizenship, from Syracuse University and later taught church history and doctrine at Ricks College and Brigham Young University. He was an editor of The Andrus Recorder, a newsletter published by the Milo Andrus Family Organization from 1964 to 1984. Hyrum L. Andrus died October 23, 2015 in Alpine, Utah.