# Joseph A. Ball

> Joseph Arthur Ball was an American inventor, physicist, and executive at Technicolor. He was the technical director of the first color movie, and one of only three founding technicians of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was awarded an Academy Honorary Award at the 11th Academy Awards for his contributions to color film photography. He held many patents in color photography and was credited with creating the three-component process.

*American inventor (1894-1951)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1894-08-16
- **Died:** 1951-08-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050341/ (@nm0050341)

## Sources
- [Joseph Arthur Ball](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Arthur_Ball)
- [Joseph A. Ball](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball)
- [جوزيف أ. بال (مصور سينمائي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A3._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_(%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A))
- [چوزيف ا. بال](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84)
- [Джоузеф Бол](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB)
- [Arthur Ball](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ball)
- [Joseph A. Ball (inventor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball_(inventor))
- [Joseph A. Ball](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708552)

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