Years active 1896-1917 Role Photographer | Name Alfred Abadie Ex-spouse Natalie Evaline Harris | |
Born December 9, 1878 ( 1878-12-09 ) New York City Died January 1, 1950, San Francisco, California, United States Movies The Great Train Robbery, Move On, Turning the Tables, Egyptian Fakir with Dancing Monkey, A Scrap in Black and White People also search for Edwin S. Porter, N. Dushane Cloward, James Blair Smith, Thomas Edison, George S. Fleming | ||
Princeton and Yale Football Game 1903 - The 1st College Football Film
Alfred Camille Abadie (December 9, 1878 – January 1, 1950) was an American photographer and pioneer filmmaker who worked for Thomas Edison, specializing in actuality films, a predecessor to the standard form of documentary.
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A New York City native, Abadie began as camera assistant to James H. White at the Edison Studio around 1898. In 1903, Edison sent Abadie to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa to make actuality films, possibly as an attempt to keep up with similar subjects popularized by the Lumieres. Abadie returned to the United States and kept making similar films for Edison through at least 1904. After leaving Edison, Abadie continued to work as a freelance filmmaker and photographer, making educational and industrial films, including Birth (1917), the first film of the birth of a baby.