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Filoteo Alberini
Italian filmmaker (1867–1937)
Filoteo Alberini | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1867-03-14)14 March 1867 Orte, Lazio |
| Died | 12 April 1937(1937-04-12) (aged 72) Rome, Lazio |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor director |
| Years active | 1904–1911 |
Filoteo Alberini (14 March 1867 – 12 April 1937) was an Italian inventor, movie director, and one of the earliest pioneers of cinema.[1]
Biography
Born in Orte, he began working as a handyman in his native town and, after completing the compulsory military service at the Military Engineers Department, he was hired at the Military Geographical Institute of Florence.[1]
In 1894, inspired by Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (a "peepshow" machine which allowed to see moving frames through a lens), he patented his "kinetograph", a shooting and projecting device which could show moving images to multiple people simultaneously not unlike that of the Lumière brothers.[2][3 Biography books on famous people.