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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Character:Self (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:25/10/2019
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/01/2019
Edison
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:20/01/2015
The Extraordinary Voyage
Character:Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Release Date:08/12/2011
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:09/12/2008
Edison: The Invention of the Movies
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2005
Naqoyqatsi
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/09/2002
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1998
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/06/1995
The Crash of 1929
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/11/1990
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Character:Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:09/10/1982
The Golden Twenties
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/04/1950
Okay for Sound
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Release Date:07/09/1946
The Film That Was Lost
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/10/1942
Guests at the Presentation of Kodacolor at the Home of Mr. George Eastman, Rochester, N.Y.
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Release Date:30/07/1928
A Day with Thomas A. Edison
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1922
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1909
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
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Release Date:31/05/1897
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