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