Known For
Production
Born
Feb 11, 1847
Died
Oct 18, 1931
Place of Birth
Milan, Ohio, USA
Credits
89 titles
Thomas A. Edison
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 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.
Known For
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)
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)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage)
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
Producer
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Producer
Andrew Carnegie
Producer
The Old Violin
Producer
The Birth of the Telephone
Producer
Nursery Favorites
Producer
The Politician
Producer
Julius Caesar
Producer
A Minstrel Show
Producer
The Deaf Mute
Producer
The Old Guard
Producer
The Musical Blacksmiths
Producer
Jack's Joke
Producer
The Edison Kinetophone
Producer
The Five Bachelors
Producer
Her Redemption
Producer
Votes for Women
Producer
The Irish Policeman
Producer
The Spanish Cavalier
Producer
Lucia di Lammermoor
Producer
Frankenstein
Producer
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Producer
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
Himself
Parsifal
Producer
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
Producer
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
Producer
Chicago-Michigan Football Game
Producer
A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem
Producer