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