FILM DIRECTOR

Birt Acres

1854 - 1918

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Birt Acres is the 1,569th most popular film director (down from 1,475th in 2024), the 11,628th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,433rd in 2019) and the 440th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Birt Acres ranks 1,569 out of 2,041. Before him are Marcus Nispel, Hiroyuki Morita, F. Gary Gray, Adrian Biddle, Nabil Ayouch, and Peter Chan. After him are Barrie M. Osborne, Lee Cheol-ha, Nikolai Ekk, Victor Salva, Ron Underwood, and Jean-François Richet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Birt Acres ranks 124. Before him are Rafael López Gutiérrez, Hjalmar Mellin, Arthur Barclay, Francis Marion Crawford, Annie Lorrain Smith, and Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone. After him are George Whitefield Chadwick, and Johan Ludvig Heiberg. Among people deceased in 1918, Birt Acres ranks 180. Before him are Cecil Healy, Walter Rauschenbusch, Amalie Materna, Gaston Salmon, Joseph F. Smith, and Anna Held. After him are Jakob Jakobsen, Walter Chaffe, Harold Lockwood, John Forrest, John Redmond, and J. Donald Cameron.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Birt Acres ranks 11,630 out of 20,380. Before him are Redd Foxx (1922), Edward Dillon (1879), Jaleel White (1976), James van Hoften (1944), Big L (1974), and Lamar Alexander (1940). After him are Arthur Fiedler (1894), Mike James (1990), Slater Martin (1925), John Dean (1938), Ronnie Hawkins (1935), and Joey King (1999).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Birt Acres ranks 440. Before him are Art Clokey (1921), Edward Lachman (1948), Martha Coolidge (1946), Mark Sandrich (1900), Tom McGrath (1964), and F. Gary Gray (1969). After him are Barrie M. Osborne (1944), Victor Salva (1958), Ron Underwood (1953), Peyton Reed (1964), Ward Kimball (1914), and Rowland V. Lee (1891).

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