Hall of Fame hall of fame All hollywoodeasternasianother W.K. DICKSONwas a British inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison. SERGEI EISENSTEINwas a Soviet film pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. DADASAHEB PHALKEwas known as "the Father of Indian cinema". His debut film, is India's first full-length feature film. OUSMANE SEMBENEwas a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. He has often been called the "father of African film". EDWIN S. PORTEREdwin Stanton Porter was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer with the Edison Manufacturing Company. SOAD HOSNYwas an Egyptian actress born in Cairo. She was known as the "Cinderella of Egyptian cinema" in the Middle East. JAMSHEDJI MADANwas an Indian theatre and film magnate who was one of the pioneers of film production in India. MED HONDOwas a Mauritanian-born French director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Considered a founding father of African cinema. CHARLIE CHAPLINwas an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. MOHAMMED KARIMwas an Egyptian film director, writer, and producer. Karim brought Faten Hamama to fame in the movie Yawm Said. KENJI MIZOGUCHIwas a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed about one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. USMAR ISMAILwas an Indonesian film director, author, journalist. He was widely regarded as the native Indonesian pioneer of the cinema of Indonesia. BETTE DAVISwas an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. GRIGORI ALEKSANDROVwas a prominent Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1973. AKIRA KUROSAWAwas a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. ROBERT WIENEwas a film director of the silent era of German cinema. He is particularly known for a succession of expressionist films. WALT DISNEYwas an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. He introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. YAMINA BACHIRwas an Algerian film director and screenwriter. Her film Rachida is 'the first 35mm feature directed by an Algerian woman in Algeria'. SATYAJIT RAYwas an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, calligrapher, and music composer. KEN G. HALLwas an Australian film producer and director. He was the first Australian to win an Academy Award. ALFRED HITCHCOCKwas an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. AZIZA AMIRwas an Egyptian actress, producer, and screenwriter. She has legendary status in Egyptian film. She was the first wife of director Mahmoud Zulfikar. ZHENG ZHENGQIUwas a Chinese filmmaker often considered a "founding father" of Chinese cinema. ALICE GUY-BLACHEwas a French pioneer filmmaker. She was one of the first women to direct a film. Menu Timeline Hall of Fame Fun Facts Facebook Twitter Youtube
