Brighton School ( fr.: ''L'école de Brighton'') was a loosely associated group of pioneering filmmakers active in the Brighton and

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area of England from 1896 to 1910. It was mostly a series of shorts and early projects in films from the school of the Brighton area.

History

The core membership of the group consists of filmmakers George Albert Smith, James Williamson and

Esmé Collings Arthur Albert 'Esme' Collings (1859 – 28 March 1936) was an English photographer, miniaturist and the first of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. Collings, whose in ...

as well as engineer

Alfred Darling Alfred Darling (1862–1931) was an engineer and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. Biography Darling began to manufacture film equipment at his engin ...

; other names associated with the group include Collings' former business partner

William Friese-Greene William Friese-Greene (born William Edward Green, 7 September 1855 – 5 May 1921) was a prolific English inventor and professional photographer. He was known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures, having devised a series of cameras in 1 ...

and the group's London-based distributor

Charles Urban Charles Urban (April 15, 1867 – August 29, 1942) was an Anglo-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, propa ...

Term origins

The term was coined by French film historian

Georges Sadoul Georges Sadoul (4 February 1904 – 13 October 1967) was a French film critic, journalist and cinema writer. He is known for writing encyclopedias of film and filmmakers, many of which have been translated into English. Biography Sadoul was ...

in an article that was translated and re-published in pamphlet form as ''British Creators of Film Technique'' by the

British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Lot ...

in 1948.The Brighton School and the Birth of British Film — The University of Brighton
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References

External links

1960s film about Brighton pioneers on Huntley Film Archives' official YouTube channel
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