Thomas A. Edison
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Born February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
EQUITY 6928
Self (Archive)
History 101
Self (archive footage)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Self (archive footage)
Edison
Himself (archive footage)
The Extraordinary Voyage
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Epic Rap Battles of History
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edison: The Invention of the Movies
Himself (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage)
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
Self (archive footage)
The Crash of 1929
Self (archive footage)
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
Himself (Archival Footage)
Horizon
Self
MGM Parade
Self
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
Okay for Sound
The Film That Was Lost
Self (archive footage)
Guests at the Presentation of Kodacolor at the Home of Mr. George Eastman, Rochester, N.Y.
A Day with Thomas A. Edison
Self
Censorship and Its Absurdities
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Nursery Favorites
The Politician
The Old Guard
The Deaf Mute
The Edison Kinetophone
The Musical Blacksmiths
Jack's Joke
The Five Bachelors
Frankenstein
A Trip to Mars
The Comet
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
Himself
Chicago-Michigan Football Game
A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem
Skyscrapers of New York City, from the North River
Electrocuting an Elephant
Skiing Scene in Quebec
Arrival of the Governor General, Lord Minto, at Quebec
Pan-American Exposition by Night
The Trick Cyclist
President McKinley Taking the Oath
2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation
New York Police Parade, June 1st, 1899
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2
General Lee's Procession, Havana
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
The Passion Play of Oberammergau
Launch of Surf Boat
Launch of Life Boat
Capsize of Lifeboat
Admiral Cigarette
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
American Falls from Above, American Side
Cock Fight
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Indian War Council
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Imperial Japanese Dance
Annie Oakley
Sioux Ghost Dance
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Blacksmithing Scene