# Alfred Clark

> Alfred Clark was a pioneer of music recording and cinema. As a cameraman and director of productions at Edison's first studio, he was the first to make moving pictures with innovations like continuity, plot, trained actors and special effects. In 1896, he joined Emile Berliner's Gramophone Company and then went to Europe where he became an important manager of companies like His Master's Voice and EMI. He was naturalized as a British citizen in 1928 and became a leading member of the Oriental Ceramic Society in London, establishing a valuable collection including rare pieces which had been made for the emperors of the Tang and Song dynasty.

*Anglo-American pioneer of cinema and gramophone and collector of ceramics*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1873-12-19
- **Died:** 1950-06-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 6.1 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163632/ (@nm0163632)

## Sources
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- [الفريد كلارك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83)
- [Alfred Clark](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Clark)
- [Alfred Clark (director)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Clark_(director))
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- [Alfred Clark](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Clark)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2644809)
- [Alfred Clark](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1170484)

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