LC control no. | n 96107227 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Armitage, F. S. |
Variant(s) | Armitage, Frederick S. Armitage, Francis S. Armitage, Fred S. |
Biography/History note | Early American cameraman and director, working primarily for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. He had a hand in creating more than 400 short subjects for AM&B. Several of his subjects stand out in their innovative use of camerawork, superimpositions, time-lapse photography and other effects then new to film-making. His 1902 film, Star Theatre, was named to the National Film Registry in 2002. Some sources indicate that his death date is unknown. |
Birth date | 1894-06-29 |
Death date | 1933-01-03 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Place of death | Ecorse (Mich.) |
Field of activity | Photography Motion picture industry |
Profession or occupation | Photographers Camera operators Motion picture producers and directors |
Found in | Chimmie Hicks at the races [MP] 1900 (name not given) Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, 1971: p. 455 (cameraman, F.S. Armitage) Internet movie database WWW site, viewed January 06, 2014: (Frederick S. Armitage; F.S. Armitage; motion picture cameraman, director and producer; born, June 29, 1874 in New York City; died, January 3, 1933 in Ecorse, Wayne Co., Michigan) Niver, K. Early motion pictures, 1985: p. 123 (Francis S. Armitage; cameraman, Governor's Foot Guards, Conn.; also known as F.S. Armitage) U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 viewed May 16, 2019 via Ancestry.com (Fred Syron Armitage; born June 29, 1874) |
Not found in | Perf. arts biog. master index, 1982; Varity obits. |
Associated language | eng |