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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. He was a pioneer of the documentary , educational, propaganda and scientific film, as well as being the producer of the world's first successful ...
- Carl Urban, April 15, 1867, Cincinnati, Ohio
- August 29, 1942, England
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.
1882 Urban leaves school, aged 15, changing his name to Charles, and becomes an errand boy for the Cincinnati News Company, being later employed by Perry and Morton, J.R. Hawley & Co., Perry and Morton again, and a year later Woodruff Cox & Co., all of Cincinnati. 1885 His father Joseph Urban leaves home and Charles takes over providing for the ...
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.
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).
The Natural Color Kinematograph Company was a British company formed by Charles Urban in 1909. It sold licences and produced films in Kinemacolor, the first successful colour motion picture process.
Charles Urban (15 de abril de 1867 - 29 de agosto de 1942) fue un productor y distribuidor de cine angloamericano, y una de las figuras más significativas del cine británico antes de la Primera Guerra Mundial.
