Edison Studios

Edison Studios
	Edison Motion Picture Studio, in the Bronx, New York City, c. 1907–1918
Industry	Motion pictures
Founded	1894
Founder	Thomas A. Edison
Defunct	1918
Headquarters	United States
Number of locations	West Orange, New Jersey (1894–1901); Manhattan, New York City, New York (1901–1907); Bronx, New York City, New York (1907–1918);
Area served	United States, Europe
Key people	William Gilmore (Vice President and General Manager); William Kennedy Dickson (Producer); William Heise (Producer); James H. White (Producer); William Markgraf (Producer); Alex T. Moore (Producer); Horace G. Plimpton (Producer); Edwin S. Porter (Director); John Hancock Collins (Director); Richard Ridgely (Director); Ben Turbett (Director); J. Searle Dawley (Director); Oscar Apfel (Director); Harold M. Shaw (Director); Charles Brabin (Director); Alan Crosland (Director); Edward H. Griffith (Director); Ned van Buren (Cinematographer); John Arnold (cinematographer); Philip Tannura (Cinematographer);
Products	Silent films
Parent	Edison Manufacturing Company (1894–1911); Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (1911–1918)

Edison Studios was an American film production organization, owned by companies controlled by inventor and entrepreneur, Thomas Edison. The studio made close to 1,200 films, as part of the Edison Manufacturing Company (1894–1911) and then Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (1911–1918), until the studio's closing in 1918. Of that number, 54 were feature length, and the remainder were shorts. All of the company's films have fallen into the public domain because they were released before 1928.

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