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William Friese-Greene (born William Edward Green) was a British portrait photographer and prolific inventor. He is principally known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures. On 21 June 1889, Friese-Greene and civil engineer Mortimer Evans patented a 'chronophotographic' sequence camera, which takes its name from a description of the content. However, there is no record of a successful film projection as the claimed demonstration at the Chester Photographic Convention in 1890 was a failure. Friese-Greene's experiments in the field of motion pictures were at the expense of his other busine…
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- Hyde Park Corner (1889) Director
- Brighton Street Scene (1888) Director
- Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses (1889) Director
- Traffic in King's Road, Chelsea (1890) Director
- Kino the Girl of Colour (1920) Director
- Poster on Hoarding (1912) Director
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