1894 in film
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Events
- January 7: William KL Dickson filmed his assistant Fred Ott sneezing. This creates for a first closeup shot. Fred Ott's Sneeze is also the oldest registered with the United States Copyright Office and protected with a paper print film.
- April 14: On Broadway in New York opens a precursor of the cinema with the Kinetoscope Parlor Brothers Holland. However, up to 30 seconds long movies can be viewed by one person at a time.
- In Paris, the Lumière brothers working on Cinématographe who is logged in the following year for a patent.
- William KL Dickson Dickson Experimental Sound tried using the film to include a recording with movie recording synchronously. The project failed.
Birthdays
January to March
- 03 January: ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)
- January 11: Alexander Hall, American film director († 1968)
- 01 February: John Ford, American film director († 1973)
- 08 February: King Vidor, American film director († 1982)
- FEBRUARY 14: Jack Benny, American actor († 1974)
- FEBRUARY 28: Ben Hecht, American screenwriter († 1964)
- March 10: Dagny Servaes, German - Austrian actress († 1961)
- March 19: Joseph Kane, American film director († 1975)
- MARCH 29: Franz planners, Austrian cameraman († 1963)
April-June
- April 06: Willy Schmidt- Gentner, German composer († 1964)
- APRIL 29: Paul Hörbiger, Austrian actor († 1981)
- May 10: Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian / American composer († 1979)
- MAY 19: Lothar Mendes, German director († 1974)
- May 20: Robert Katscher, Austrian lyricist and composer († 1942)
- May 20: Estelle Taylor, American actress († 1958)
- MAY 29: Josef von Sternberg, Austrian / American film director († 1969)
- June 10: Oscar Karlweis, Austrian actor († 1956)
- JUNE 13: Tay Garnett, American film director († 1977)
- JUNE 26: Alfred Kunz, Austrian stage and costume designer († 1961)
July to September
- 02 August: Hal Mohr, American cinematographer († 1974)
- AUGUST 21: Hans Tügel, German actor, radio speaker, director and writer († 1984)
- August 24: Talbot Jennings, American screenwriter († 1985)
- AUGUST 26: Richard Wallace, American screenwriter, director and producer († 1951)