Film History
Research Presentations

In this project you will choose one person who played an important role in the development of the film industry. Then you will create a presentation for the class summarizing the role your person played in film. Your project should have a title page, several images, a bullet point page highlighting what this person developed or contributed to film, background information, interesting facts, short video clips and a resources slide showing where you found your information. You must use at least 4 different resources.

Here is your list of people to choose:

George Meiles	Eastman	Etiennes Jules Marey
Tom Edison	Lois Weber	Joseph Plateau
Lumiere Brothers	Eadweard Muybridge	Studios
Edwin S. Porter	Nicephore Niepce	Warner Bros. Pictures
Segundo de Chomon	Oscar Micheaux	Famous Players-LaskyCorporation
Orson Welles	Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince	RKO
Salvador Toscano	William Kennedy Laurie Dickson	Loew's Inc
Sergei Eisenstein	Woodville Latham	Fox Film Corporation/Foundation
DW Griffin	Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company