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Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Actor, Producer, Director

Born February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, USA

Died October 18, 1931

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Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory.

Edison was raised in the American Midwest; early in his career he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions. In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanic laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida in collaboration with businessmen Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, and a laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey that featured the world's first film studio, the Black Maria. He was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries. Edison married twice and fathered six children. He died in 1931 of the complications of diabetes.

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Meeting of the Motion Picture Patents Company (1909) Biograph

Filmography

Actor

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Los Angeles: Stories from the City Poster

Los Angeles: Stories from the City Mini-Series2024Self - Inventor

Mein Traum - Meine Geschichte Poster

Mein Traum - Meine Geschichte Mini-Series2024Self

Searching for America Poster

Searching for America Documentary2024Self

Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey Poster

Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey Feature Film2022Self

L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe - Naissance d'un art Poster

L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe - Naissance d'un art TV Movie2021Self

Carl Laemmle Poster

Carl Laemmle Documentary2019Self

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Poster

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Documentary2019Self

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley Poster

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley Documentary2019Self

Freethought Matters Poster

Freethought Matters TV Series2018Self

So Amazingly Perfect They Are Really Weird Video2018Self

Dawson City: Frozen Time Poster

Dawson City: Frozen Time Documentary2016Self

Edison Feature Film2015Self

Planeta Globalizado Poster

Planeta Globalizado Documentary2013Self

American Grindhouse Poster

American Grindhouse Documentary2010

The Light Bulb Conspiracy Poster

The Light Bulb Conspiracy Documentary2010Self - Inventor

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies Poster

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies Documentary2008Self

Murnau, Borzage and Fox Poster

Murnau, Borzage and Fox Documentary2008Self

Westinghouse Poster

Westinghouse Documentary2008Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk Poster

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk Documentary2007Self

Niagara Falls Poster

Niagara Falls Documentary2006Self

Edison: The Invention of the Movies Poster

Edison: The Invention of the Movies Documentary2005Self

Cinerama Adventure Poster

Cinerama Adventure Documentary2002Self

Naqoyqatsi Poster

Naqoyqatsi Documentary2002Self

Tesla: Master of Lightning Poster

Tesla: Master of Lightning Documentary2000Self

ABC 2000: The Millennium Documentary1999

Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years Poster

Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years Mini-Series1999Self - #14

The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History Poster

The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History Mini-Series1999Self

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream Poster

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream Documentary1998Self

Star Power: The Creation of United Artists Poster

Star Power: The Creation of United Artists Documentary1998Self

Apple: Here's to the Crazy Ones TV Special1997

The Shadow of Hate Poster

The Shadow of Hate Documentary1995Self

Kisses Documentary1991Self

Nikola Tesla: Mad Scientist of the Gilded Age Poster

Nikola Tesla: Mad Scientist of the Gilded Age Video1984Self

Historia del cine: Epoca muda Poster

Historia del cine: Epoca muda Documentary1983Self

Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter Poster

Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter Documentary1982Self

Story of Thomas Alvin Edison Short Film1982Self

The Glory of Their Times Poster

The Glory of Their Times Documentary1970Self - Inventor

The Boyhood of Thomas Edison Short Film1965Self

Hollywood: The Golden Years Documentary1961Self

60 ans de presse filmée Short Film1957Self

I Never Forget a Face Poster

I Never Forget a Face Documentary1956Self

This Was Yesterday Documentary1954Self

Horsehide Heroes Documentary1951Self

The Littlest Expert on My Favorite President Short Film1951Self

The Golden Twenties Poster

The Golden Twenties Documentary1950Self

Den gamla goda tiden Short Film1946Self

Okay for Sound Poster

Okay for Sound Documentary1946Thomas A. Edison

The Film That Was Lost Poster

The Film That Was Lost Short Film1942Self

Panama-Pacific International Exhibition Short Film1940Self

Servant of Mankind Short Film1940Self

March of the Movies Poster

March of the Movies Feature Film1933Self - Film Clip

All the King's Horses Short Film1926

A Day with Thomas A. Edison Poster

A Day with Thomas A. Edison Short Film1922Self

Animated Weekly, No. 40 Short Film1916Self

Hearst-International News Pictorial, No. 86 Short Film1916Self

Pathé News, No. 40 Short Film1916Self

Pathé News, No. 71 Short Film1916Self

Pathé News, No. 86 Short Film1916Self

Selig-Tribune, No. 41 Short Film1916Self

Selig-Tribune, No. 77 Short Film1916Self

Animated Weekly, No. 188 Short Film1915Self

Animated Weekly, No. 193 Short Film1915Self

Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 15 Short Film1915Self

Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 48 Short Film1915Self

Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 86 Short Film1915Self

Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 88 Short Film1915Self

Mutual Weekly, No. 41 Short Film1915Self

Mutual Weekly, No. 44 Short Film1915Self

Mutual Weekly, No. 46 Short Film1915Self

Pathé News, No. 81 Short Film1915Self

Pathé News, No. 86 Short Film1915Self

Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 67 Short Film1914Self

Pathé's Weekly, No. 40 Short Film1911Self

Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company Poster

Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company Short Film1909Self

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory Poster

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory Documentary1897Self

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist Poster

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist Short Film1896Self

Producer

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Andrew Carnegie Documentary1914

The Birth of the Telephone Short Film1914

The Old Violin Short Film1914

The Patchwork Girl of Oz Poster

The Patchwork Girl of Oz Feature Film1914

A Minstrel Show Short Film1913

Her Redemption Short Film1913

Jack's Joke Poster

Jack's Joke Short Film1913

Julius Caesar Short Film1913

Nursery Favorites Poster

Nursery Favorites Short Film1913

The Deaf Mute Poster

The Deaf Mute Short Film1913

The Edison Kinetophone Poster

The Edison Kinetophone Short Film1913

The Five Bachelors Poster

The Five Bachelors Short Film1913

The Irish Policeman Short Film1913

The Musical Blacksmiths Poster

The Musical Blacksmiths Short Film1913

The Old Guard Poster

The Old Guard Short Film1913

The Politician Poster

The Politician Short Film1913

Votes for Women Short Film1913

Das Stelldichein der Verehrer Short Film1912

Lucia di Lammermoor Short Film1911

Frankenstein Poster

Frankenstein Short Film1910

Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company Poster

Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company Short Film1909

Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships Short Film1904

Parsifal Short Film1904

Electrocuting an Elephant Poster

Electrocuting an Elephant Short Film1903

Alciede Capitane Short Film1898

Indian War Council Poster

Indian War Council Short Film1898

The Passion Play of Oberammergau Poster

The Passion Play of Oberammergau Short Film1898

Admiral Cigarette Poster

Admiral Cigarette Short Film1897

Capsize of Lifeboat Poster

Capsize of Lifeboat Documentary1897

Launch of Life Boat Poster

Launch of Life Boat Short Film1897

Launch of Surf Boat Poster

Launch of Surf Boat Short Film1897

Rescue - Resuscitation Short Film1897

Serpentine Dance, Annabelle Poster

Serpentine Dance, Annabelle Short Film1897

American Falls from Above, American Side Poster

American Falls from Above, American Side Short Film1896

American Falls, from Incline R.R. Short Film1896

Blackton Sketches, No. 2 Short Film1896

Blackton Sketches, No. 3 Short Film1896

Cock Fight Poster

Cock Fight Short Film1896

East Side Drive, No. 1 Short Film1896

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance Poster

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance Short Film1896

Starting for the Fire Documentary1896

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots Poster

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots Short Film1895

Annie Oakley Poster

Annie Oakley Documentary1894

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph Poster

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph Short Film1894

Imperial Japanese Dance Poster

Imperial Japanese Dance Short Film1894

Sioux Ghost Dance Poster

Sioux Ghost Dance Short Film1894

Blacksmith Scene Poster

Blacksmith Scene Short Film1893

Director

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Type

Year

Thomas Edison, Train Films 1897-1906 Documentary1906

The Trick Cyclist Poster

The Trick Cyclist Short Film1901

2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry: Parade Poster

2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry: Parade Short Film1899

Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2 Poster

Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2 Short Film1899

Thanks

3

Type

Year

Brown Digital Camera Record of a Sneeze Poster

Brown Digital Camera Record of a Sneeze Short Film2017

The Edison Affair Poster

The Edison Affair Feature Film2015

True. Short Film1999

Other Crew

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L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe - Naissance d'un art Poster

L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe - Naissance d'un art TV Movie2021

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