George Albert Smith
Authors · Directors · cinematographer · film producer · inventor · photographer
British filmmaker (1864–1959)
About George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith (4 January 1864 – 17 May 1959) was an English stage hypnotist, psychic, magic lantern lecturer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, inventor and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. He is best known for his controversial work with Edmund Gurney at the Society for Psychical Research, his short films from 1897 to 1903, which pioneered film editing and close-ups, and his development of the first successful colour film process, Kinemacolor.
Quick facts
- Known for
- Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909, The Coronation of Edward VII, The X-Ray Fiend
- Born
- 1864-01-04
- Died
- 1959-05-17
Official & social profiles
External & source links
George Albert Smith gallery
Books & published works
Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909
The Coronation of Edward VII
The X-Ray Fiend
Grandma's Reading Glass
The Death of Poor Joe
Cinderella
The House That Jack Built
Early Fashions on Brighton Pier
Santa Claus
The Old Maid's Valentine
Comic Face
The Inexhaustible Cab
A Visit to the Seaside
Let Me Dream Again
At Last! That Awful Tooth
A Quick Shave and Brush Up
Mary Jane's Mishap
Old London Street Scenes
The Kiss in the Tunnel
Brighton Seagoing Electric Car
The Sick Kitten
Train Entering Hove Station
The Corsican Brothers
As Seen Through a Telescope
The Maid in the Garden
Venice and the Grand Canal
Comic Shaving
The Miller and the Sweep
Faust and Mephistopheles
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Scandal Over the Teacups
Two Clowns
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs
Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines
Two Old Sports
Fording the River
The Rival Clothiers
Ally Sloper
Spiders on a Web
Weary Willie
Tartans of Scottish Clans
Animated Doll and Toy Town Circus
Photograph Taken From An Area Window
Photographing a Ghost
The Sign Writer
Hanging Out the Clothes
Tommy and the Mouse in the Art School
Down Exeter Incline
Grandma Threading Her Needle
Dorothy's Dream
Policeman and Burglar
The Little Doctor And The Sick Kitten
Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace
The Dull Razor
Choice Bouquets
Choosing the Wallpaper
Making Sausages
Visit to Pompeii