Thomas A. Edison
Known for: Production
Born: February 11, 1847
Died: October 18, 1931
Place of birth: Milan, Ohio, USA
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
86 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
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EQUITY 6928
2026
7.1
History 101
2020
6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
7.0
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
2019
7.2
Edison
2015
7.7
The Extraordinary Voyage
2011
7.0
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
2008
8.0
Edison: The Invention of the Movies
2005
6.2
Naqoyqatsi
2002
10.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
7.3
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
1995
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The Crash of 1929
1990
6.1
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
19829.0
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
NR
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
1972
7.5
Horizon
1964
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
7.0
The Golden Twenties
1950
6.7
Okay for Sound
1946
7.5
The Film That Was Lost
1942
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Guests at the Presentation of Kodacolor at the Home of Mr. George Eastman, Rochester, N.Y.
1928
9.0
A Day with Thomas A. Edison
1922
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Censorship and Its Absurdities
1915
5.1
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
1914NR
Andrew Carnegie
1914NR
The Birth of the Telephone
1914NR
The Old Violin
1914
6.3
Nursery Favorites
1913
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The Politician
19138.0
Julius Caesar
19138.0
A Minstrel Show
1913
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The Old Guard
1913
NR
The Deaf Mute
1913
NR
The Edison Kinetophone
1913
NR
The Musical Blacksmiths
1913
5.0
Jack's Joke
1913
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The Five Bachelors
19139.0
Her Redemption
1913NR
The Irish Policeman
1913NR
Votes for Women
1913NR
The Spanish Cavalier
19128.0
Lucia di Lammermoor
1911
6.1
Frankenstein
1910
6.1
A Trip to Mars
1910
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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
1909
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Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
19099.0
Parsifal
19046.0
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
190410.0
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
1904
5.5
Chicago-Michigan Football Game
1903
5.0
A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem
1903
5.4
Skyscrapers of New York City, from the North River
1903
2.7
Electrocuting an Elephant
1903
7.5
Skiing Scene in Quebec
19027.0
Cutting and Canaling Ice
1902
6.0
Arrival of the Governor General, Lord Minto, at Quebec
1902
5.9
Pan-American Exposition by Night
1901
4.3
The Trick Cyclist
1901
4.8
President McKinley Taking the Oath
1901
4.2
2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation
1899
5.3
New York Police Parade, June 1st, 1899
1899
5.2
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2
1899
3.8
General Lee's Procession, Havana
1899
4.0
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
18983.9
Little Mischief
1898
5.0
The Passion Play of Oberammergau
18987.0
Alciede Capitane
189810.0
Rescue - Resuscitation
1897
1.0
Launch of Surf Boat
1897
4.3
Launch of Life Boat
1897
5.1
Capsize of Lifeboat
1897
6.7
Admiral Cigarette
1897
5.2
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
18975.0
Pillow Fight
1897
4.8
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
18977.0
American Falls, from Incline R.R.
1896
4.7
American Falls from Above, American Side
1896
4.9
Cock Fight
18969.0
Starting for the Fire
18967.0
East Side Drive, No. 1
1896
5.0
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
1896
6.3
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
1895
1.6
Indian War Council
1894
4.8
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894
4.6
Imperial Japanese Dance
1894
6.0
Annie Oakley
1894
4.9
Sioux Ghost Dance
1894
6.1
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894
5.6
Blacksmithing Scene
18936.0
Early Edison Camera Tests
1891