Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (Milan, Ohio, 11 de fevereiro de 1847 — West Orange, Nova Jérsei, 18 de outubro de 1931) foi um empresário dos Estados Unidos que patenteou e financiou o desenvolvimento de muitos dispositivos importantes de grande interesse industrial. "O Feiticeiro de Menlo Park" (The Wizard of Menlo Park), como era conhecido, foi um dos primeiros a aplicar os princípios da produção maciça ao processo da invenção.
Na sua vida, Thomas Edison registrou 2 332 patentes. O fonógrafo foi uma de suas principais invenções. Outra foi o cinematógrafo, a primeira câmera cinematográfica bem-sucedida, com o equipamento para mostrar os filmes que fazia. Edison também aperfeiçoou o telefone, inventado por Antonio Meucci, em um aparelho que funcionava muito melhor. Fez o mesmo com a máquina de escrever. Trabalhou em projetos variados, como alimentos empacotados a vácuo, um aparelho de raios X e um sistema de construções mais baratas feitas de concreto.
Entre as suas contribuições mais universais para o desenvolvimento tecnológico e científico encontra-se a lâmpada elétrica incandescente, o fonógrafo, o cinescópio ou cinetoscópio, o ditafone e o microfone de grânulos de carvão para o telefone. Edison é um dos precursores da revolução tecnológica do século XX. Teve também um papel determinante na indústria do cinema.
Fotos
Filmes (85)
EQUITY 6928
2026 · Self (Archive)
As Ondas Sonoras
2019 · Self (voice) (archive footage)
A Inventora: À Procura de Sangue no Vale do Silício
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Edison
2015 · Himself (archive footage)
The Extraordinary Voyage
2011 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
2008 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edison: The Invention of the Movies
2005 · Himself (archive footage)
Naqoyqatsi: A Vida Em Guerra
2002 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 · Self (archive footage)
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
1995 · Self (archive footage)
The Crash of 1929
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
1972 · Himself (Archival Footage)
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)
1957 · Él mismo (material de archivo)
The Golden Twenties
1950 · Self (archive footage)
Okay for Sound
1946
The Film That Was Lost
1942 · Self (archive footage)
Guests at the Presentation of Kodacolor at the Home of Mr. George Eastman, Rochester, N.Y.
1928
A Day with Thomas A. Edison
1922 · Self
Censorship and Its Absurdities
1915 · Producer
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
1914 · Producer
Andrew Carnegie
1914 · Producer
The Birth of the Telephone
1914 · Producer
The Old Violin
1914 · Producer
Nursery Favorites
1913 · Producer
The Politician
1913 · Producer
Julius Caesar
1913 · Producer
A Minstrel Show
1913 · Producer
The Old Guard
1913 · Producer
The Deaf Mute
1913 · Producer
The Edison Kinetophone
1913 · Producer
The Musical Blacksmiths
1913 · Producer
Jack's Joke
1913 · Producer
The Five Bachelors
1913 · Producer
Her Redemption
1913 · Producer
The Irish Policeman
1913 · Producer
Votes for Women
1913 · Producer
The Spanish Cavalier
1912 · Producer
Lucia di Lammermoor
1911 · Producer
Frankenstein
1910 · Producer
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
1909 · Producer
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
1909 · Himself, Producer
Parsifal
1904 · Producer
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
1904 · Producer
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
1904 · Producer
Chicago-Michigan Football Game
1903 · Producer
A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem
1903 · Producer
Skyscrapers of New York City, from the North River
1903 · Producer
Electrocuting an Elephant
1903 · Producer
Skiing Scene in Quebec
1902 · Producer
Cutting and Canaling Ice
1902 · Executive Producer
Arrival of the Governor General, Lord Minto, at Quebec
1902 · Producer
Pan-American Exposition by Night
1901 · Producer
President McKinley Taking the Oath
1901 · Producer
2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation
1899 · Producer
New York Police Parade, June 1st, 1899
1899 · Producer
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2
1899 · Producer
General Lee's Procession, Havana
1899 · Producer
Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn'
1898 · Producer
Little Mischief
1898 · Executive Producer
The Passion Play of Oberammergau
1898 · Producer
Alciede Capitane
1898 · Producer
Rescue - Resuscitation
1897 · Producer
Launch of Surf Boat
1897 · Producer
Launch of Life Boat
1897 · Producer
Capsize of Lifeboat
1897 · Producer
Admiral Cigarette
1897 · Producer
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
1897
Pillow Fight
1897 · Executive Producer, Producer
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
1897 · Producer
American Falls, from Incline R.R.
1896 · Producer
American Falls from Above, American Side
1896 · Executive Producer
Cock Fight
1896 · Producer
Starting for the Fire
1896 · Producer
East Side Drive, No. 1
1896 · Executive Producer
Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
1896 · Producer
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
1895 · Producer
Indian War Council
1894 · Producer
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
1894 · Producer
Imperial Japanese Dance
1894 · Producer
Annie Oakley
1894 · Producer
Sioux Ghost Dance
1894 · Producer
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
1894 · Executive Producer
Blacksmith Scene
1893 · Producer
Early Edison Camera Tests
1891 · Producer
