Birt Acres
Known For: Directing
Biography
Birt Acres (23 July 1854 – 27 December 1918) was an American and British photographer and film pioneer. Among his contributions to the early film industry are the first working 35 mm camera in Britain (Wales), and Birtac, the first daylight loading home movie camera and projector. He also directed a number of early silent films.
Filmography
1897
- Henley Royal Regatta ... (Director)
1896
- A Corner of Barnet Fair ... (Director)
- The Boxing Kangaroo ... (Director)
- Persimmons Winning the Derby ... (Director)
- Rough Sea at Dover ... (Director)
- Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour ... (Director)
- Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest ... (Director)
- The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race ... (Director)
- Landing at Low Tide ... (Director)
1895
- Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy ... (Director)
- Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II ... (Director)
- The Arrest of a Pickpocket ... (Director)
- The Derby 1895 ... (Director)
- Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs ... (Director)
- Incident at Clovelly Cottage ... (Cinematography)
- The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops ... (Director)
- Opening of the Kiel Canal ... (Director)