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Eadweard Muybridge
Motion Pictures was discovered by Eadweard Muybridge, before he died he had many crashes and he suffered a serious Head injury. -
Lumière Brothers
August and Louis were among the first filmmakers in history. Auguste Lumière was born on October 19, 1862, in Besançon, France. In 1895, he and his brother, Louis, debuted a motion picture they had shot with their revolutionary invention, a combination camera and projector named the Cinematographe. In 1907, the brothers invented the Autochrome color photography plate. -
John Huston
Most of Huston's films were adaptations of important novels, often depicting a "heroic quest," as in Moby Dick, or The Red Badge of Courage. In many films, different groups of people, while struggling toward a common goal, would become doomed, forming "destructive alliances," giving the films a dramatic and visual tension. Many of his films involved themes such as religion, meaning, truth, freedom, psychology, colonialism and war. -
Monopoly
Led by Thomas Edison, several companies formed a trust called Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC) -
Miloš Forman
Jan Tomáš Forman, known as Miloš Forman, is a Czech film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor, who until 1968 lived and worked primarily in Czechoslovakia. Forman was one of the most important directors of the Czechoslovak New Wave. -
Martin Scorsese
born November 17, 1942 is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and film historian, whose career spans more than 50 years. Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Sicilian-American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, faith, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict. Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity. -
Steven Spielberg
He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. He is also one of the co-founders of DreamWorks Studios. -
Woody Allen
is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian, and musician whose career spans more than six decades. He began his career as a comedy writer in the 1950s, writing jokes and scripts for television and publishing several books of short humor pieces. In the early 1960s, Allen began performing as a stand-up comedian, emphasizing monologues rather than traditional jokes. -
Peter Jackson
Jackson began his career with the "splatstick" horror comedy Bad Taste and the black comedy Meet the Feebles (which came out in 1989) before filming the zombie comedy Braindead. He shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his partner Fran Walsh for Heavenly Creatures, which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry. -
William Dickson
William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison. -
Clint Eastwood
For his work in the Western film Unforgiven (1992) and Western Hang 'Em High (1968). -
Quentin Tarantino
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, an aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts consisting of established and lesser-known performers, references to popular culture, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, and features of neo-noir film. He is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation.
