Birt Acres
Director
Birt Acres (23 July 1854 – 27 December 1918) was an American and British photographer and film pioneer. Among his contributions to the early film industry are the first working 35 mm camera in Britain (Wales), and Birtac, the first daylight loading home movie camera and projector. He also directed a number of early silent films.
Known For Genres
Movies and TV Shows
3.0
Tom Merry, Lightning Cartoonist, Sketching Kaiser Wilhelm II
Documentary
4.9
Rough Sea at Dover
Documentary
6.0
A Corner of Barnet Fair
DocumentaryFamily
4.6
The Derby 1895
Documentary
4.8
Performing Animals; or, Skipping Dogs
Documentary
4.6
The Boxing Kangaroo
Documentary
1.0
Henley Royal Regatta
4.4
The German Emperor Reviewing His Troops
3.5
Incident at Clovelly Cottage
Family
Royal Visit of the Cardiff Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition
Documentary
3.4
Untitled Kinetoscope Comedy
Comedy
4.8
Persimmons Winning the Derby
Documentary
4.6
The Arrest of a Pickpocket
2.0
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race
4.5
Landing at Low Tide
3.2
Yarmouth Fishing Boats Leaving Harbour
Documentary
3.0
Opening of the Kiel Canal
Documentary
3.8
Boxing Match; or, Glove Contest
Documentary