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)
- Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour ... (Director)
- Persimmons Winning the Derby ... (Director)
- Rough Sea at Dover ... (Director)
- Landing at Low Tide ... (Director)
- Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest ... (Director)
- The Boxing Kangaroo ... (Director)
- The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race ... (Director)
1895
- Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs ... (Director)
- The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops ... (Director)
- Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy ... (Director)
- The Arrest of a Pickpocket ... (Director)
- Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II ... (Director)
- The Derby 1895 ... (Director)
- Incident at Clovelly Cottage ... (Cinematography)
- Opening of the Kiel Canal ... (Director)