Thomas A. Edison

ActorProducerDirector Feb 11 (died age 84) Milan, Ohio, USA 1891–2020 (129 year career)

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Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Self (archive footage)

Film

Frankenstein

Producer

Film

The Extraordinary Voyage

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Film

Naqoyqatsi

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

Producer

Film

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Film

Blacksmithing Scene

Producer

Film

Annie Oakley

Producer

Filmography

Acting (21)

Movies (18)

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

6.8

Edison

2015

as Himself (archive footage)

7.2

The Extraordinary Voyage

2011

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

7.8

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

2008

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0

Edison: The Invention of the Movies

2005

as Himself (archive footage)

7.0

Naqoyqatsi

2002

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.1

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998

as Self (archive footage)

The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America

1995

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

The Crash of 1929

1990

as Self (archive footage)

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

1982

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.7

The Golden Twenties

1950

as Self (archive footage)

Okay for Sound

1946

5.0

The Film That Was Lost

1942

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Guests at the Presentation of Kodacolor at the Home of Mr. George Eastman, Rochester, N.Y.

1928

A Day with Thomas A. Edison

1922

as Self

Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company

1909

as Himself

Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

1897

5.2

Television (3)

History 101

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

1978

as Self (archive footage)

Horizon

1964

as Self

7.4

Crew (63)

Movies (63)

Censorship and Its Absurdities

1915

Producer

The Birth of the Telephone

1914

Producer

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

1914

Producer

5.0

The Old Violin

1914

Producer

Andrew Carnegie

1914

Producer

The Politician

1913

Producer

The Edison Kinetophone

1913

Producer

The Five Bachelors

1913

Producer

The Deaf Mute

1913

Producer

Nursery Favorites

Producer

Jack's Joke

Producer

The Musical Blacksmiths

1913

Producer

The Irish Policeman

1913

Producer

Her Redemption

1913

Producer

Julius Caesar

1913

Producer

The Old Guard

1913

Producer

Votes for Women

1913

Producer

A Minstrel Show

1913

Producer

Lucia di Lammermoor

1911

Producer

Frankenstein

1910

Producer

6.1

The Comet

1910

Director

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

1909

Producer

Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company

1909

Producer

Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

1904

Producer

4.0

Parsifal

1904

Producer

Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

1904

Producer

Skyscrapers of New York City, from the North River

1903

Producer

5.2

Electrocuting an Elephant

1903

Producer

2.6

Chicago-Michigan Football Game

1903

Producer

4.0

A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem

1903

Producer

2.0

Skiing Scene in Quebec

1902

Producer

6.0

Cutting and Canaling Ice

1902

Executive Producer

6.0

Arrival of the Governor General, Lord Minto, at Quebec

1902

Producer

4.0

President McKinley Taking the Oath

Producer

The Trick Cyclist

Producer

Pan-American Exposition by Night

1901

Producer

5.8

2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation

1899

Producer

3.0

New York Police Parade, June 1st, 1899

1899

Producer

3.0

Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2

1899

Producer

4.9

General Lee's Procession, Havana

1899

Producer

2.7

Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'

1898

Producer

3.0

The Passion Play of Oberammergau

1898

Producer

1.0

Alciede Capitane

1898

Producer

Launch of Surf Boat

Producer

Launch of Life Boat

Producer

Capsize of Lifeboat

Producer

Admiral Cigarette

Producer

Rescue - Resuscitation

1897

Producer

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

1897

Producer

4.4

American Falls from Above, American Side

1896

Executive Producer

4.2

East Side Drive, No. 1

1896

Executive Producer

Starting for the Fire

1896

Producer

Cock Fight

1896

Producer

4.7

Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

1896

Producer

4.8

American Falls, from Incline R.R.

1896

Producer

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

1895

Producer

6.3

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

Producer

Annie Oakley

Producer

Indian War Council

Producer

Sioux Ghost Dance

Producer

Imperial Japanese Dance

Producer

Blacksmithing Scene

Producer

Early Edison Camera Tests

1891

Producer

4.0