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First Movie Made
The first movie, The Horse In Motion, was created by using multiple cameras that were set off once the horse hit a trip wire. This was created to answer the question, "Are all four of a horse's hooves ever off the ground at the same time while the horse is galloping?". If you were wondering, yes, a horse's hooves are all briefly off the ground while galloping. https://headsup.boyslife.org/what-was-the-first-movie-ever-made/ -
The first "Cinemagician"
George Melies was a famous French filmmaker that is known for advancing the film industry with his creative and innovative ideas. He was one of the first to hand-paint color into his films. http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/3286 -
First Female Director
Alice Guy-Blaché was the first female director. She also created the very first fiction film, with like a story and everything. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Guy-Blach%C3%A9 -
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin was an actor who really helped popularize films in the early 20th century. He did a number of silent films usually playing his most famous persona "The Tramp" http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/1511 -
First Science Fiction movie
Fritz Lang was an Austrian-German-American film director who was known for his movie, Metropolis. Which is seen as the first science fiction movie ever. It was also the most expensive movie to make at the time. http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/1961 -
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Known as one of the greatest filmmakers and most influential at the time, Alfred Hitchcock directed 53 films over the span of 60 years. He made such movies as Psycho, The Birds, and North by Northwest. http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/707 -
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni was a German director who is known for featuring sports into a movie. Sadly those films were propaganda for the Nazi party. So she's also known for that :\ . http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/1574 -
Walt Disney
Walt Disney, as you may know, is a director who really helped animated films get where they are today. He founded Walt Disney Pictures, which made such movies as Cinderella, Snow White, and Steamboat Willie which was Mickey Mouses first appearance. http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/1882 -
Lucille Ball
Lucille was an american actress, comedian, and producer. She was known for her role in I Love Lucy, as Lucy. In 1962 she became the first woman to run a major television studio which was Desilu Productions http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/4109 -
Sidney Poitier
Sidney was the first black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/2768 -
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley made huge contributions to the film industry. Mainly by popularizing film as a whole. He made a number of iconic movies like The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, and his last film Eyes Wide Shut. Which was completed shortly before his death. http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/715 -
Sir Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson created the most awarded movie series of all time, The Lord of the Rings. The trilogy as a whole received 30 academy awards and the final film, Return of the King, hold the record for most awards for a single movie with 11. He helped popularize motion capture and got it to where it is today. http://www.timelineindex.com/content/view/1504 -
The Russo Brothers
The Russo Brothers are two directors mainly known for starting a franchise known as the MCU. Their biggest movie is Avengers: Endgame which broke box office records on it's opening 257 million dollars. They also earned the most money in box office history with 2.795 billion dollars, barely beating Avatar which had earned 2.79 billion dollars in 2009. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=anthonyrusso.htm&sort=studio&order=ASC&p=.htm
