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