Søren Estrup Alfred Lind (27 March 1879 – 29 April 1959) was a

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, and

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of the

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. Lind was a prominent director in early

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n cinema, and also worked in the

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. He is believed to have shot the earliest surviving footage of

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from 1906.Aitken p.390

Selected filmography

Director

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The White Slave Trade ''The White Slave Trade'' ( da, Den hvide slavehandel) is a 1910 Danish silent drama film directed by August Blom. It is the only August Blom movie from 1910 that has been preserved. The film produced by Nordisk Films was the company's first fea ...

'' (1910) * ''

The Masque of Life The Masque of Life is a 1916 thrill picture, made during World War 1, centering around circus life and a kingdom. It was directed by Alfred Lind with an international cast with familiar names Hamilton Revelle and Rita Jolivet starring in the film.< ...

'' (1915–1916) * ''

Alkohol ''Alkohol'' ( en, Alcohol, link=yes, italic=yes) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and Alfred Lind and starring Wilhelm Diegelmann, Ernst Rückert, and Georg H. Schnell. The film was begun by Lind but finished by ...

'' (1919) * ''

Tragedy at the Royal Circus ''Tragedy at the Royal Circus'' (german: Tragödie im Zirkus Royal) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Alfred Lind and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Ellen Kürti, and Werner Pittschau. The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann ...

'' (1928) * ''

Girls Do Not Joke ''Girls Do Not Joke'' (Italian: ''Ragazze non scherzate'') is a 1929 Italian silent comedy film directed by Alfred Lind and starring Leda Gloria, Maurizio D'Ancora and Giuseppe Pierozzi.Redi p.201 Cast * Isa Bluette * Maurizio D'Ancora * Leda ...

'' (1929)

Cinematographer

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The Abyss ''The Abyss'' is a 1989 American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. When an American submarine sinks in the Caribbean, a US search and recovery team ...

'' (1910) * ''Four Devils'' (1911) * ''

'' (1915–1916)

References

Bibliography

* Aitken, Ian. ''The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film''. Routledge, 2011. * Abel, Richard. ''Encyclopedia of Early Cinema''. Taylor & Francis, 2005. * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1879 births 1959 deaths Danish cinematographers Danish film directors Danish male screenwriters People from Helsingør 20th-century screenwriters {{Denmark-bio-stub