Lee De Forest
Directing
Lee de Forest, (born August 26, 1873, Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.—died June 30, 1961, Hollywood, California), American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, which made possible live radio broadcasting and became the key component of all radio, telephone, radar, television, and computer systems before the invention of the transistor in 1947. Although de Forest was bitter over the financial exploitation of his inventions by others, he was widely honoured as the “father of radio” and the “grandfather of television.” He was supported strongly but unsuccessfully for the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Known for
Directing14
movieFrom Far Seville
1923
Director
movieCasey at the Bat
1922
Director
Production6
movieMy Old Kentucky Home
1926
Producer
movieSweet Adeline
1926
Producer
movieCasey at the Bat
1922
Producer
Acting1
movieEmpire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
Self - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (archive footage)