CHULA VISTA, Calif., May 17 (UPI) -- Amateur filmmaker Sid Laverents, whose hobby earned him National Film Registry honors, has died in Chula Vista, Calif., his wife Charlotte says. He was 100.
Laverents' 2000 movie "Multiple SIDosis" has been selected for preservation by the National Film Preservation Board. Preservation Board project coordinator Stephen Leggett applauded the film by Laverents, who began making movies in his home's basement when he was 50, The New York Times reported Sunday.
"We selected it to honor all the many terrific films produced by amateur cine club filmmakers throughout the United States over the years," Leggett told the Times. "The film is technically quite adept and inventive, amusingly droll and quite mesmerizing to those who see it."
The 9-minute film follows Laverents as he receives an Adelaide recording device from his wife and proceeds to use it in a one-man band performance.
Prior to indulging his hobby, Laverents served as a Consolidated Aircraft sheet metal worker.
The Times said Charlotte Laverents is the sole survivor of the auteur, who died of pneumonia May 6.
