Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Production
🎂 1847-02-11 (84 years old at death)
✝️ 1931-10-18
📍 Milan, Ohio, USA
👤 Male
🎬 17 Movies
🔗 IMDb
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the firs ...
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Filmography (17 movies)

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Edison
Edison
2015
as Himself (archive footage)
The Extraordinary Voyage
The Extraordinary Voyage
2011
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
2008
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edison: The Invention of the Movies
Edison: The Invention of the Movies
2005
as Himself (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi
Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self (archive footage)
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
1995
as Self (archive footage)
The Crash of 1929
The Crash of 1929
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Twenties
The Golden Twenties
1950
as Self (archive footage)
Okay for Sound
Okay for Sound
1946
 The Film That Was Lost
The Film That Was Lost
1942
as Self (archive footage)
Guests at the Presentation of Kodacolor at the Home of Mr. George Eastman, Rochester, N.Y.
Guests at the Presentation of Kodacolor at the Home of Mr. George Eastman, Rochester, N.Y.
1928
 Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
1909
as Himself
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
1897