Brighton School (filmmaking)
Brighton School (fr.: L'école de Brighton) was a loosely associated group of pioneering filmmakers active in the Brighton and Hove area of England from 1896 to 1910.[1] It was mostly a series of shorts and early projects in films from the school of the Brighton area.
History[]
The core membership of the group consists of filmmakers George Albert Smith, James Williamson and Esmé Collings as well as engineer Alfred Darling; other names associated with the group include Collings' former business partner William Friese-Greene and the group's London-based distributor Charles Urban.[2][3]
Term origins[]
The term was coined by French film historian Georges Sadoul in an article that was translated and re-published in pamphlet form as British Creators of Film Technique by the British Film Institute in 1948.[4][5]
See also[]
- Magic lantern
- Home movie
References[]
- ^ Film — Hove Museum
- ^ BAM/PFA - Film Programs
- ^ Experimental Motion: the art of film innovation - Royal Pavilion and Museums Brighton and Hove
- ^ "Brighton & Hove from the dawn of the cinema". Terra Media. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
- ^ The Brighton School and the Birth of British Film — The University of Brighton
External links[]
- Cinema of England
- British cinema pioneers
- Movements in cinema
- 1890s in film
- 1900s in film
- 1910s in film
- 1890s in British cinema
- 1900s in British cinema
- 1910s in British cinema