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Birt Acres

Birt Acres

Cinematographer, Director, Producer

Born July 23, 1854 in Richmond, Virginia, USA

Died December 27, 1918

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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.

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Filmography

Actor

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The Curious Capers of Birt Acres Poster

The Curious Capers of Birt Acres Short Film2025Self

Cinematographer

92

Type

Year

Guns of the Naval Brigade Entrained for Royal Tournament Short Film1900

Japanese Battleship Asahi Ashore Off Southsea Beach Short Film1900

Military Medical Train Arriving at Netley Hospital Documentary1900

Naval Brigade Marching Through Windsor Short Film1900

Boxing Match Short Film1899

Charge of the 12th Lancers Documentary1899

Cockade Fight by 15th Hussars Short Film1899

Football Match Short Film1899

S.S. New York Leaving Southampton Short Film1899

Arrival of Lord Mayor at Law Courts Short Film1898

Coaching in North Devon Short Film1898

Football Match, Crystal Palace Documentary1898

Launching of H.M.S. Albion Short Film1898

Rifle Brigade at the Double Short Film1898

Sheffield United v. Corinthians Documentary1898

Approach of a Racing Train at Gatwick Short Film1897

Band Marching Down Street Short Film1897

Church Parade of Troops Documentary1897

Clouds Short Film1897

Fast Mail, Northern Pacific Railroad Poster

Fast Mail, Northern Pacific Railroad Short Film1897

Gatwick: Paddock Documentary1897

Practising for the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Documentary1897

Promenade Scene Short Film1897

Queen Victoria's Jubilee Procession Documentary1897

Visit to the Northern Photographic Works Short Film1897

A Corner of Barnet Fair Poster

A Corner of Barnet Fair Short Film1896

A Prize Fight by Jem Mace and Burke Short Film1896

A Visit to the Zoo Documentary1896

Arrival After the Wedding Short Film1896

Brighton Beach Poster

Brighton Beach Documentary1896

Capstone Parade, Ilfracombe Documentary1896

Children Playing Short Film1896

Cleaving the Turk's Head Short Film1896

Cycling in Hyde Park Short Film1896

Departure of the Bride from Marlborough House Short Film1896

Finsbury Park Station Short Film1896

Going Away Short Film1896

Great Northern Railroad Short Film1896

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales Documentary1896

Lancers on Horseback Short Film1896

Land at Low Tide Short Film1896

Maypole Dance Documentary1896

Mounted Mule Battery Documentary1896

Mounted Quadrille Short Film1896

Prince and Princess of Wales Arriving in State at the Cardiff Exposition Short Film1896

Scrambling Urchins Short Film1896

South Western Railway at Dover Documentary1896

Street Scene Short Film1896

Sword v. Bayonet Documentary1896

Sword v. Sword Short Film1896

The Carpenter Shop Short Film1896

The Derby Short Film1896

The Garden Party on the Lawn Short Film1896

The Lord Mayor's Show Short Film1896

The Lord Mayor's Show Documentary1896

The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Poster

The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Short Film1896

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist III Short Film1896

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist IV Short Film1896

Tower Bridge Working Short Film1896

Trip from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe Short Film1896

Yarmouth Sands Documentary1896

Yarmouth: Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour Poster

Yarmouth: Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour Documentary1896

Broadway, New York Short Film1895

Charge of the Uhlans Short Film1895

Clovelly Cottage, Barnet Poster

Clovelly Cottage, Barnet Documentary1895

Cricketer Jumping Over Garden Gate Short Film1895

Der Kaiser auf der Kommandobrücke der Hohenzollern Short Film1895

Elevated Railway in the Streets of New York Documentary1895

German Emperor at Hamburg Short Film1895

Highgate Tunnel: Goods Train Documentary1895

Kaiser-Parade auf dem Tempelhofer Felde Documentary1895

Krieger-Parade Short Film1895

Laying the First Stone on Kaiser Wilhelm's Memorial Short Film1895

Niagara Falls in Winter: The Waterfall Short Film1895

Niagara Falls: Close to the Waterfall Documentary1895

Niagara Falls: The Great Whirlpool Documentary1895

Opening of the Kiel Canal Poster

Opening of the Kiel Canal Short Film1895

Parade der Veteranen des deutsch-franz Krieges Short Film1895

Rough Sea at Dover Poster

Rough Sea at Dover Documentary1895

Schlusssteinlegung des Kaiser Wilhelm Kanals Documentary1895

Shoeblack at Work in a London Street Short Film1895

Smith and Machinery at Work Short Film1895

Steam Yacht at the Canal Entrance Short Film1895

Steamer 'New York' in Dock Short Film1895

Steamer on Long Island Sound Short Film1895

Street Scene in Winter in Montreal, Canada Short Film1895

Suvier Entering the Baltic Canal, Hamburg Short Film1895

The Derby 1895 Poster

The Derby 1895 Short Film1895

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist Short Film1895

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist II Short Film1895

Venice: The Rialto Bridge Documentary1895

Crows on Saffron Hill Documentary1894

Director

30

Type

Year

An Unfriendly Call Short Film1897

Henley Regatta Poster

Henley Regatta Short Film1897

Pierrot and Pierrette Short Film1897

A Surrey Garden Short Film1896

Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest Poster

Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest Short Film1896

Dancing Girls Short Film1896

Golfing Extraordinary, Five Gentlemen Short Film1896

Landing at Low Tide Poster

Landing at Low Tide Short Film1896

Opening of the Cardiff Exhibition by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales Documentary1896

Persimmons Winning the Derby Poster

Persimmons Winning the Derby Short Film1896

Prince of Wales' Famous Horse Short Film1896

The Boxing Kangaroo Poster

The Boxing Kangaroo Short Film1896

The Henley Regatta Short Film1896

The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Poster

The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Short Film1896

The Royal Wedding Short Film1896

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist III Short Film1896

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist IV Short Film1896

Charge of the Uhlans Short Film1895

Kaiser Wilhelm Reviewing His Troops Poster

Kaiser Wilhelm Reviewing His Troops Short Film1895

Opening of the Kiel Canal Poster

Opening of the Kiel Canal Short Film1895

Rough Sea at Dover Poster

Rough Sea at Dover Documentary1895

Shoeblack at Work in a London Street Short Film1895

Smith and Machinery at Work Short Film1895

The Arrest of a Pickpocket Poster

The Arrest of a Pickpocket Short Film1895

The Derby 1895 Poster

The Derby 1895 Short Film1895

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist Short Film1895

Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist II Short Film1895

Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy Poster

Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy Short Film1895

Crows on Saffron Hill Documentary1894

Haycart Crossing Hadley Green, Middlesex Documentary1894

Producer

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Type

Year

Briton v. Boer Short Film1900

The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Poster

The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Short Film1896

Clovelly Cottage, Barnet Poster

Clovelly Cottage, Barnet Documentary1895

Opening of the Kiel Canal Poster

Opening of the Kiel Canal Short Film1895

Rough Sea at Dover Poster

Rough Sea at Dover Documentary1895

Shoeblack at Work in a London Street Short Film1895

Smith and Machinery at Work Short Film1895

The Derby 1895 Poster

The Derby 1895 Short Film1895

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