# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-friese-greene
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:31:13.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-friese-greene"
name: "William Friese-Greene"
slug: "william-friese-greene"
description: "William Friese-Greene 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 between 1888–1891 and shot moving pictures with them in London. He went on to patent an early two-colour filming process in 1905. Wealth came with inventions in printing, including phototypesetting and a method of printing without ink, and from a chain of photographic studios. However, Friese-Greene spent all his money on inventing, went bankrupt three times, was jailed once, and died in poverty."
tagline: "British photographer and inventor (1855–1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Williamfriesegreen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1855-09-05"
deathDate: "1921-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           16.450112
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump