Edwardian Insects on Film (2013)
59m
Running Time
March 19, 2013Release Date
Edwardian Insects on Film (2013)
59m
Running Time
March 19, 2013Release Date
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Plot.
In 1908, amateur naturalist and pioneering filmmaker Percy Smith stunned early cinema goers with his footage of the juggling fly. Hailed as the father of Natural History film, Smith was a hugely influential visual pioneer, inventing many techniques that are still used today. Being both a genius and an eccentric, we follow his life from his earliest films, to the collapse of his house from his mould experiment to his ultimate suicide. We also meet Natural History icon Sir David Attenborough, who was so amazed by Smith’s films in the 1930s that they inspired him to get into natural history.
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Cast & Crew.

Charlie Hamilton James
Self - Presenter

David Attenborough
Self

Dr Tim Boon
Self - Science Museum, London

David Cleveland
Self - Film Archivist

Tim Cockerill
Self - Entomologist

Bryony Dixon
Self - Curator, Silent Film, BFI

Jenny Hammerton
Self - Film Archivist

Michael Harvey
Self - National Media Museum

Percy Smith
Self - archive footage

John Winder
Self - Scientist & Collector

John Holdsworth
Director / Producer / Director of Photography

Tim Gillett
Sound Mixer

Rich Wheat
Editor

Emma Morgan
Executive Producer

Lucy Muldoon
Production Manager

Kuz Randhawa
Sound

Naomi Carter
Production Director
Details.
This Movie Is About.
insect
movie business
percy smith
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