Alfred Clark (director), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Clark (director)

Anglo-American pioneer of cinema and gramophone and collector of ceramics

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1873

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 16-Jun-1950

Profession: inventor, special effects artist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Alfred Clark (19 December 1873 – 16 June 1950) was a British-American pioneer of music recording and cinema.
As a cameraman and director of productions at Edison's first studio, he was the first to make moving pictures with innovations like continuity, plot, trained actors and special effects.
In 1896, he joined Emile Berliner's Gramophone Company and then went to Europe where he became an important manager of companies like HMV and EMI.
He was naturalized as a British citizen in 1928 and he became a leading member of the Oriental Ceramic Society in London, establishing a valuable collection including rare pieces which had been made for the emperors of the Tang and Song dynasty.In 1921 he married Ivy Sanders, who survived him and died in 1973.