Thomas A. Edison
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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.
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1913
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movieThe Edison Kinetophone
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movieJack's Joke
1913
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movieThe Five Bachelors
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movieFrankenstein
1910
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1904
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1904
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movieSkiing Scene in Quebec
1902
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1902
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movieThe Trick Cyclist
1901
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movieLaunch of Surf Boat
1897
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1897
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movieCapsize of Lifeboat
1897
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1894
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movieImperial Japanese Dance
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movieAnnie Oakley
1894
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movieSioux Ghost Dance
1894
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movieDickson Experimental Sound Film
1894
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movieBlacksmithing Scene
1893
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tvHistory 101
2020
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movieMaking Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
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movieThe Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
2019
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movieEdison
2015
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movieThe Extraordinary Voyage
2011
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieMurnau, Borzage and Fox
2008
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieEdison: The Invention of the Movies
2005
Himself (archive footage)
movieNaqoyqatsi
2002
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
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movieThe Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
1995
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movieThe Crash of 1929
1990
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movieBefore the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
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Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
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movieThe Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
1972
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tvHorizon
1964
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tvMGM Parade
1955
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movieThe Golden Twenties
1950
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movieThe Film That Was Lost
1942
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movieEQUITY 6928
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movieA Trip to Mars
1910
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movieThe Comet
1910
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tvEpic Rap Battles of History
2010
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