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Charles Urban (April 15, 1867 – August 29, 1942) was a German-American film producer and distributor, and one of the most significant figures in British cinema before the First World War.
Charles Urban, Motion Picture Pioneer. History. The most significant figure in the early British film industry was an American of German parentage who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1867. First establishing himself as a travelling book salesman, Charles Urban moved to Detroit in 1889 and ran a stationery shop before becoming a phonograph salesman.
Charles Urban, Motion Picture Pioneer. Chronology. 1867 Carl (later Charles) Urban is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 15 April 1867, the second child and eldest son of Joseph Urban (34), a sign painter from Ronsberg, Austro-Hungary, and Anna Sophie (née Glatz) (33) from Koenigsberg, East Prussia.
Of the many attempts to produce cinematograph pictures... the greatest amount of attention so far has been attracted by a system invented by George Albert Smith, and commercially developed by Charles Urban under the name of "Kinemacolor."
Born in Inverness, Scotland he trained as a watchmaker, became a touring magic lantern operator, then graduated to motion picture cameraman in the late 1890s. He joined the Charles Urban Trading Company, specialising in travelogues, including a notable trip with journalist Harry de Windt to the Balkan states in 1907.
Charles Urban est un producteur, réalisateur, directeur de la photographie et monteur américain né le 14 avril 1867 à Cincinnati, Ohio (États-Unis), décédé le 29 août 1942 à Brighton (Royaume-Uni).
Charles Urban (1867-1942) was one of the major figures of early cinema. Here you can learn about the varied career of the man who did much to establish the documentary, news, travel and educational film, as well as being the producer of the world's first successful natural colour motion picture system, Kinemacolor.
