Ray Bandar

Ray Bandar (1922 -) is a scientist, researcher, teacher, naturalist, and artist living in the San Francisco, California area. He has collected more than 7,000 bone specimens, primarily skulls, from animals across the world. [cite news |title=The Bone Collector |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/20/BAGBCNLT6C1.DTL |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2007-01-20 |accessdate=2008-04-25 ] His personal collection is eventually to be inherited by the California Academy of Sciences [cite web |url=http://research.calacademy.org/calwild/2002spring/stories/skulls.html |title=A Man for All Skulls article on Bandar's work |accessdate=2008-04-25 |work=California Academy of Sciences ] .

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* [http://www.mimeticmedia.com/projects/shelf_life/synopsis.html Shelf Life] A short documentary about Bandar and his wife of 50 years, Alkmene Bandar. Directed by Don Bernier, produced by mimetic media.
* [http://www.a-life-with-skulls.com/ Ray Bandar: A Life With Skulls] A documentary film by about Bandar's work, directed by Beth Cataldo.
* [http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7353 Filmworks XVII] "Soundtrack to "Ray Bandar: A Life With Skulls" by composer John Zorn.