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.

Albert K. Bender was born June 16, 1921, in Duryea, Pennsylvania. He enrolled in the United States Army Air Corps in 1942, and served as a dental technician, dental clerk, and worked for the Army newspaper. He married Betty Rose on October 18, 1954. In 1952, he founded the International Flying Saucer Bureau, which he shut down in 1953. He founded the Max Steiner Music Society in 1965. Albert K. Bender died March 29, 2016.

Janet B. Bradford was born May 19, 1956, in Montpelier, Idaho. She studied at Ricks College in Idaho and then at Brigham Young University in Utah. She also attended the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She is a retired senior librarian and catalog librarian for music and dance at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. She was a member of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square from 2009 to 2007, a member of the Utah Baroque Ensemble, and a member of a local community Utah Valley county choir.