- Nickname
- Bob
- Height6′ 6″ (1.98 m)
- Robert J. Mrazek is known for The Congressman (2016) and The Field (2008).
- Was the primary author and initial sponsor of the bill, initially known as "The Mrazek Ammendment," which, in it's final form prohibited alteration of classic films without the permission of their authors/creators, and most famously established "The National Film Registry," in which 25 films per year deemed "culturally, historically, or esthetically significant" are protected by the United States Library of Congress. The bill, which became law, also set up the National Film Preservation Board, to explore new approaches to saving endangered work. It was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on September 27, 1988.
- Attended the London Film School in 1968.
- Received in 1987 the Director's Guild of America's Legislative Achievement Award.
- In 1988 he was named a Conservationist of the Year by the NPCA, the National Parks Conservation Association, for his effort to protect Manassas National Battlefield from adjacent land development.
- The Governor of New York gave Mrazek the Commissioner's Preservationist Award in 1990.
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