Frank D. Williams

Frank D. Williams

Frank D. Williams (March 21, 1893 – October 15, 1961) was a pioneering cinematographer who was active in the early days of the motion picture industry. He developed and patented the traveling matte shot. Frank D. Williams was born March 21, 1893, as Frank Douglas Williams, to James and Lucinda Williams in the small community of Nashville, Missouri. In 1912, Williams became a cameraman at Keystone Studios. There, in 1914, he was the photographer for many of Charlie Chaplin's first-year pictures, including Kid Auto Races at Venice which was the first film released in which The Tramp appeared. Williams is credited as appearing in Kid Auto Races at Venice, playing a cameraman, but his appearance is in doubt. For a time he was chief cinematographer at Keystone, and a large number of the studio's 1914 films are credited to him as photographer. He defected to work for the short-lived Sterling Motion Pictures, but returned to Keystone when Sterling closed in 1915. He also worked a camera for Henry Lehrman's L-Ko Kompany, Reliance-Majestic Studios, and Bluebird Photoplays. When Roscoe Arbuckle formed a new motion picture company, Comique, in 1917, he hired Williams to be his cameraman. At Comique, Williams also shot Buster Keaton's first film appearance, The Butcher Boy (1917). His tenure there was also short; he shot three films for Arbuckle (Butcher Boy, A Reckless Romeo, and The Rough House) before departing to start his own lab. His business did not get off the ground quickly, and he supplemented his income by continuing to work as a cameraman. He was director of photography at Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation and is credited with 15 pictures that came out of that studio between 1919 and 1921. While he was working as a cameraman at various studios, Williams worked on his idea for a traveling matte in which the actions of actors would be combined with a filmed moving background. Available technology prevented him from achieving the effect he envisioned until he built a printer himself to his own specification. He filed for a patent in May 1916, and it was granted in July 1918. The process was first used in a motion picture in 1922's Wild Honey. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • தலைப்பு: Frank D. Williams
  • புகழ்: 1.623
  • அறியப்படுகிறது: Camera
  • பிறந்த நாள்: 1893-03-20
  • பிறந்த இடம்: Nashville, Missouri, USA
  • முகப்புப்பக்கம்:
  • எனவும் அறியப்படுகிறது: Frank Douglas Williams, Frank Williams
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Frank D. Williams திரைப்படங்கள்

  • 1914
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    Kid Auto Races at Venice

    Kid Auto Races at Venice

    5.5 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    His Prehistoric Past

    His Prehistoric Past

    5.6 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    His New Profession

    His New Profession

    5.831 1914 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Devil's Claim

    The Devil's Claim

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  • 1933
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    King Kong

    King Kong

    7.6 1933 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Fatal Mallet

    The Fatal Mallet

    5.4 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Caught in the Rain

    Caught in the Rain

    5.6 1914 HD

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  • 1927
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    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    7.844 1927 HD

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  • 1917
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    A Reckless Romeo

    A Reckless Romeo

    5.3 1917 HD

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  • 1914
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    Getting Acquainted

    Getting Acquainted

    5.3 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    His Prehistoric Past

    His Prehistoric Past

    5.6 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Property Man

    The Property Man

    5.566 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Caught in a Cabaret

    Caught in a Cabaret

    5.623 1914 HD

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  • 1921
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    Where Lights Are Low

    Where Lights Are Low

    5 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Swamp

    The Swamp

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    Black Roses

    Black Roses

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1914
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    A Busy Day

    A Busy Day

    4.7 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Making a Living

    Making a Living

    5.6 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Kid Auto Races at Venice

    Kid Auto Races at Venice

    5.5 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Mabel's Strange Predicament

    Mabel's Strange Predicament

    5.357 1914 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Floorwalker

    The Floorwalker

    6.365 1916 HD

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  • 1914
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    A Film Johnnie

    A Film Johnnie

    5.4 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Between Showers

    Between Showers

    5.298 1914 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Dragon Painter

    The Dragon Painter

    6.3 1919 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Rough House

    The Rough House

    5.548 1917 HD

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  • 1914
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    Tillie's Punctured Romance

    Tillie's Punctured Romance

    6.1 1914 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Vagabond

    The Vagabond

    6.701 1916 HD

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  • 1914
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    His Favorite Pastime

    His Favorite Pastime

    5.152 1914 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Man Beneath

    The Man Beneath

    6 1919 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Butcher Boy

    The Butcher Boy

    6.1 1917 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Tong Man

    The Tong Man

    5.7 1919 HD

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  • 1916
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    Hop - The Devil's Brew

    Hop - The Devil's Brew

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1914
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    Recreation

    Recreation

    5.1 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Tango Tangles

    Tango Tangles

    5 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Masquerader

    The Masquerader

    5.6 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    His Musical Career

    His Musical Career

    5.9 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Her Friend the Bandit

    Her Friend the Bandit

    5.6 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Laughing Gas

    Laughing Gas

    5.553 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Face on the Barroom Floor

    The Face on the Barroom Floor

    5.2 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Gentlemen of Nerve

    Gentlemen of Nerve

    5.7 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    His Trysting Places

    His Trysting Places

    6.2 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Mabel's Busy Day

    Mabel's Busy Day

    5.6 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Those Love Pangs

    Those Love Pangs

    5.528 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The New Janitor

    The New Janitor

    6.096 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Dough and Dynamite

    Dough and Dynamite

    6.08 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Rounders

    The Rounders

    6.131 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Knockout

    The Knockout

    5.713 1914 HD

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  • 1914
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    Mabel's Married Life

    Mabel's Married Life

    5.9 1914 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man

    7.481 1933 HD

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  • 1918
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    Secret Strings

    Secret Strings

    1 1918 HD

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