Thomas A. Edison

Personal Info

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Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1847-02-11 (84 years old)

Deathday

1931-10-18

Place of Birth

Milan, Ohio, USA

Thomas A. Edison

Biography

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 estab...

Acting

2005

Edison: The Invention of the Movies

as Himself (archive footage)

1942

The Film That Was Lost

as Self (archive footage)

1950

The Golden Twenties

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2008

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015

Edison

as Himself (archive footage)

1998

1982

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

2011

The Extraordinary Voyage

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1990

The Crash of 1929

as Self (archive footage)

2002

Naqoyqatsi

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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