George Pearson
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George Pearson (19 March 1875 - 8 February 1973) was a pioneering English film director, producer and screenwriter.
Born in London in 1875, the only son of a silk tie cutter, George Pearson's first profession after Oxford was teaching. He excelled in this role, becoming a headmaster by 1902 at the age of 26.
In 1913 Pearson entered the film business.
His film credits include:
- A Study in Scarlet (1914)
- Ultus and the Grey Lady (1916)
- Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep (1922)
- Reveille (1924)
- Hunting Tower (1926)
- Journey's End (1930)
- The Good Companions (1933)
- Midnight at the Wax Museum (1936)
Pearson pioneered the use of the moving camera shot.
Pearson worked for Gaumont and later joined the Colonial Film Unit (later the Commonwealth Film Unit), remaining in employment until the age of 81. Little of his work is known to have survived. In 1957, his autobiography, Flashback, was published.
Pearson married Edith Stacey. They had two sons and two daughters. He died in Great Malvern in 1973, aged nearly 98.
Bibliography
- Flashback: an Autobiography of A British Film Maker, George Allen & Unwin (1957)
External links
- [George Pearson] entry at the National Record of Archives.
- [Internet Movie database (IMDB)] entry for George Pearson.
- [Screenonline] entry
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