William Friese-Greene

  • Known for: Director
  • Date of birth: 1855. September 7.
  • Place of birth: Bristol, England, UK

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 ...

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